Saturday, October 19th
I want to have a character that is strong. I’ll never allow myself to be led by feelings or by my heart but by reason and conscience. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Friday, October 18th
How does one acquire this love? By being determined to work and to suffer, and to do so when the occasion arises. It is indeed true that by thinking of what we owe the Lord, of who He is, and what we are, a soul’s determination grows, and that this…
Thursday, October 17th
I will love God alone and will not have the misfortune of attaching myself to creatures, now that my heart perceives what He has in store for those who love Him. – St. Therese
Wednesday, October 16th
In this arid and obscure night the soul undergoes a thorough reform in its imperfections of avarice, in which it coveted various spiritual objects and was never content with any of its spiritual exercises. – St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, October 15th
…the harm done to us by our failure to understand well this humility and self-knowledge…self-knowledge is the most important thing for us. – St.Teresa of Avila
Monday, October 14th
To acquire the holy love of God the best means is to live in the presence of God. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Sunday, October 13th
Even the poorest and the one most bowed down under the weight of sins can stand before the Lord and pray for someone else. First, because the Lord is not only just but merciful. And second, because there can be nothing more pleasing to God than a sincere prayer. –…
Saturday, October 12th
…or if, as I have said, you are very careful about your prayer, you will soon find yourselves gradually reaching the summit of the mountain without knowing how. But how harsh it sounds to say that we must take pleasure in nothing, unless we also say what consolations and delights…
Friday, October 11th
‘You are dead and your life is hidden with Christ in God’ (Col. 3:3). There is the condition: we must be ‘dead’, otherwise we may be hidden in God sometimes, but we do not live habitually in Him; for all our sensitiveness, our self-seeking and such-like, causes us to depart…
Thursday, October 10th
I give thanks to Jesus for making me walk in darkness, and in the darkness I enjoy profound peace. Indeed, I consent to remain through all my religious life in the gloomy passage into which He has led me. I desire only that my darkness may obtain light for sinners.…