Thursday, January 9th
If you are nothing, do you forget that Jesus is everything? You have only to lose your nothingness in His infinity and think only of loving Him. – St. Therese
Wednesday, January 8th
Those who work for God with purest love not only care nothing about whether others see their works, but do not even seek that God himself know of them. Such persons would not cease to render God the same services, with the same joy and purity of love, even if…
Tuesday, January 7th
God thirsts for the love of His creatures. God Himself is our beggar. Let’s give ourselves to Him. Let’s not be stingy, because God is entirely goodness and generosity towards us. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Monday, January 6th
Through perseverance in its spiritual exercises without consolation or satisfaction, the soul practices the love of God. – St. John of the Cross
Sunday, January 5th
Here one can only endeavor to live with ever greater fidelity and purity the life that one has chosen in order to offer it as an acceptable sacrifice for all those with whom one is united. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Saturday, January 4th
Are you perhaps afraid that the abyss of the greatness of God and that of your nothingness cannot be united? There is love in him. His passionate love made him take flesh in order that by seeing a Man-God, we would not be afraid to draw near him. – St.…
Friday, January 3rd
I am content, nay, full of joy, to be without all consolation. I should be ashamed if my love were like that of earthly brides who are ever looking for gifts from their bridegrooms, or seeking to catch the smile which fills them with delight. Therese, the little Spouse of…
Thursday, January 2nd
The insight of the most skilled doctors can’t compare to that of a mother’s heart. – St. Therese
Wednesday, January 1st
Mary is the mirror in which we should watch ourselves; the mother of whom her children ought to resemble more and more. -Bl. Titus Brandsma
Tuesday, December 31st
Reflect that your guardian angel does not always move your desire for an action, but he does always enlighten your reason. Hence, in order to practice virtue do not wait until you feel like it, for your reason and intellect are sufficient. – St. John of the Cross