Monday, September 7th
God is the goal: whether you are engaged in activity or contemplation, remember that this is the essential thing. – Ven. Fr. Marie-Eugene, OCD
Sunday, September 6th
I understood that I had a great obligation to serve our Lady and St Joseph; for often when I went off the path completely, God gave me salvation again through their prayers. – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, September 5th
The soul, because its searching for the Beloved is real and its love great, will not leave undone anything it can do itself. The soul that really loves God is not easygoing in its efforts to find the Son of God, the Beloved. Even when it has done all it…
Friday, September 4th
In order to become a temple of the Lord in which He will be pleased to dwell it is necessary to put into practice His teaching and virtues, and the first of these is purity. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Thursday, September 3rd
Learn, for the Creator’s sake, to overcome yourself in all things; and then you will be able to attain to the knowledge of God. -St. Therese
Wednesday, September 2nd
A glance of love cast towards Jesus and the knowledge of our profound misery makes reparation for everything. – St. Therese
Tuesday, September 1st
The proud person is like a grain of wheat thrown into water: it swells, it gets big. Expose that grain to the fire: it dries up, it burns. The humble soul is like a grain of wheat thrown into the earth: it descends, it hides itself, it disappears, it dies;…
Monday, August 31st
Knowing, O my God, that my sins made Your cross so heavy that You had to sink beneath it, this makes me even more convinced that I must carry my cross together with You and that I should not shy away from it, even should I sink beneath its weight.…
Sunday, August 30th
We need sacrifice, renouncement to our own will to reach complete union with Our Lord. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Saturday, August 29th
I have understood that the thing that separates me most from God is my pride. I propose to be humble. Without humility the other virtues are hypocrisy. … Humility gains us similarity to Christ, peace of soul, holiness and intimate union with God. – St. Teresa of the Andes