Tuesday, March 3rd
Yet such are the pity and compassion of this Lord of ours, so desirous is He that we should seek Him and enjoy His company, that in one way or another He never ceases calling us to Him. -St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, March 2nd
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…
Sunday, March 1st
The soul is wearied and fatigued by its desires… the (desires) disturb it, allowing it not to rest in any place or in any thing whatsoever.… the desires and indulgence in them all cause it greater emptiness and hunger. – St. John of the Cross
Saturday, February 28th
We must let ourselves be rooted in Christ. How? By never ceasing to dwell, whatever happens, with Him who dwells in us and is Love. He thirsts to associate us to all He is; to transform us in Him. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Friday, February 27th
O Lord, what does it matter, when I can retire within myself, enlightened by faith, whether I feel or don’t feel, whether I am in light or darkness, enjoy or do not enjoy? I am struck by a kind of shame at making any distinction between such things…Help me to…
Thursday, February 26th
Oh my God, how much You suffer for one who grieves so little over Your pains! … Behold Christians, let us consider it carefully and we shall never finish understanding the splendor of the Lord’s mercies and what we owe Him. -St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, February 25th
For, after all the efforts of the soul, it cannot by its unaided labors make itself fitted for union with God in love. God must take it to Himself into His own hands and purify it in the dark fire. -St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, February 24th
We can lean on nothing but Our Lord, for He alone is immutable. -St. Therese
Monday, February 23rd
Oh, how good is this Jesus to me, His poor creature. He does not want to be separated from me for a moment. He seeks comfort and rest in my soul. He has made me like unto Himself by transforming me into a host. – St. Teresa de los Andes
Sunday, February 22nd
It is a great thing that our good Jesus, even though He is glorious at the right hand of His Father, takes on Himself our most vile miseries and deigns to intercede continually for us. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi