Thursday, April 10th
The more interior the suffering is and the less apparent to the eyes of creatures, the more it rejoices You, O my God! -St. Therese
Wednesday, April 9th
Wherein lies the highest perfection?… In the conformity of our will to the will of God, so that there shall be nothing we know He wills that we do not will ourselves with our whole will… – St. Teresa of Avila
Tuesday, April 8th
Nevertheless, we can converse and speak with You as we like, once the first fright and fear in beholding Your majesty passes; although the fear of offending You becomes greater. But the fear is not one of punishment, for this punishment is considered nothing in comparison with losing You. –…
Monday, April 7th
The highest perfection obviously does not consist in interior delights or in great raptures or in visions or in the spirit of prophecy but in having our will so much in conformity with God’s will that there is nothing we know He wills that we do not want with all…
Sunday, April 6th
O Savior, I shall buy You with my tears and obedience, with humility and charity, with sacrifices and with death, with the purest love of neighbor. And when I do, I shall buy You for those who see You. – Bl. Mary of Jesus Crucified, OCD
Saturday, April 5th
Great deeds are forbidden me. I cannot preach the Gospel nor shed by blood-but what does it matter? My brothers toil instead of me and I, a little child, keep close by the throne of God and I love for those who fight. -St. Therese
Friday, April 4th
A little drop of simple obedience is worth a million times more than a whole vase of the choicest contemplation. – St. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi
Thursday, April 3rd
In this detachment the spiritual soul finds its quiet and repose; for, since it covets nothing, nothing wearies it when it is lifted up, and nothing oppresses it when it is cast down, because it is in the center of its humility; but when it covets anything, at that very…
Wednesday, April 2nd
Work, especially great work, is a burden and a pain, a suffering precisely because intense activity cannot fail to generate in us that disagreeable phenomenon that is called fatigue, which eventually degenerates into depression or prostration or some other form of real and actual suffering. This painful aspect of work…
Tuesday, April 1st
On another occasion when I was engaged in the laundry, the Sister opposite to me, who was washing handkerchiefs, kept splashing me continually with dirty water. My first impulse was to draw back and wipe my face in order to show her that I wanted her to be more careful.…