Monday, February 4th
If individuals resolutely submit to carrying the cross, if they decidedly want to find and endure trial in all things for God, they will discover in all of them great relief and sweetness. -St. John of the Cross
Sunday, February 3rd
It is a great help to seek Him within, where He is found more easily and in a way more beneficial to us than when sought in creatures, as St. Augustine says, after having looked for Him in many places. – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, February 2nd
I understood the great blessing there is in not paying attention to what doesn’t bring us closer to God. -St. Teresa of Avila
Friday, February 1st
The angels who assist Him know well the attitude of their King, for He delights more in the unpolished manners of a humble shepherd who He realizes would say more if he knew more than He does in the talk of very wise and learned men, however elegant their discourse,…
Thursday, January 31st
You know that our Lord does not look at the greatness or difficulty of our action, but at the love with which you do it. What, then, have you to fear? – St. Therese
Wednesday, January 30th
It is in that soul in which less of its own appetites and pleasures dwell that He dwells more alone, more pleased, and more as though in His own house, ruling and governing it. -St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, January 29th
I am amused sometimes to see certain souls who think when they are at prayer that they would like to be humiliated and publicly insulted for God, and afterward they would hide a tiny fault if they could; or, if they have not committed one, and yet are charged with…
Monday, January 28th
Be not afraid to tell Jesus that you love Him; even though it be without feeling, this is the way to oblige Him to help you, and carry you like a little child too feeble to walk. – St. Therese
Sunday, January 27th
I always feel the same fearless certainty that I shall become a great saint. I’m not relying on my own merits, as I have none, but I put my hope in Him who is goodness and holiness Himself. It is He alone who, satisfied with my feeble efforts, will raise…
Saturday, January 26th
St Paul says that ‘our God is a consuming fire’ (Heb. 12:29). If we remain continually united to Him by means of a simple, loving gaze of faith, if, like our adored Master, we can say at the end of each day, ‘I do always the things that please Him’…