Saturday, May 23rd
I would like to fly as the eagle does, but I can only flutter my wings – it is beyond my feeble strength to soar. -St. Therese
Friday, May 22nd
These persons know only their own misery and keep it so much in sight that they have no opportunity to watch anyone else’s conduct. David while in this night gives an admirable manifestation of such a state of soul: I became dumb, and was humbled, and I kept silent in…
Thursday, May 21st
What offends Jesus, what wounds His Sacred Heart, is lack of confidence in Him. -St. Therese
Wednesday, May 20th
If a man puts anything in his line of vision, however small, it is enough to obstruct his sight and prevent him from seeing other things in front of him; just so any small desire or idle act in the soul is sufficient to obstruct its vision of great and…
Tuesday, May 19th
I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me.…
Monday, May 18th
For we must not be without our cross, even as our Beloved had his cross, until he died the death of love. -St. John of the Cross
Sunday, May 17th
O my God, if I might be made worthy to give my life for the good of souls and to put an end to all this malice, what a comfort this would be! – St. Mary Magdalene De’Pazzi
Saturday, May 16th
All Three Persons of the Holy Trinity dwell in the soul that loves Them ‘in truth’ … keeping Their word. And when the soul has understood its riches, whatever natural or supernatural joy may come to it from creatures or even from God, only calls it to enter within itself,…
Friday, May 15th
Without any need for us, He created us. Every work of His power was directed to mankind. Everything has been put at our disposal. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Thursday, May 14th
Just as the Lamb had to be killed to be raised upon the throne of glory, so the path to glory leads through suffering and the cross for everyone chosen to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb. All who want to be married to the Lamb must allow themselves…