Thursday, January 10th
As every one of the saints received the gifts of God in a different way, so every one of them sings his praises in a different way, and yet all harmonize in one concert of love. -St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, January 9th
The fact that God deals with us through messengers is not a sign of the unapproachable majesty of God, rather of His overflowing love. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Tuesday, January 8th
It is greatly to be lamented that, when God has granted them strength to break other and stouter cords– namely, affections for sins and vanities — they should fail to attain to such blessing because they have not shaken off some childish thing which God had bidden them conquer for…
Monday, January 7th
I can boast only of His mercy, and since I cannot cease being what I have been, I have no other remedy than to approach His mercy and to trust in the merits of His Son and of the Virgin, His Mother. – St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, January 6th
In judging others a man labors in vain, often errs, and easily sins: but in judging and in looking into himself, he always labors with fruit. – St. Therese
Saturday, January 5th
Just as the Prophet did not hear the voice of God in the storm, but in the gentle breeze, so the heart of the spiritual person must not be shaken by the storm, but must listen for God’s voice in the silence of its own interior. – Bl. Titus Brandsma
Friday, January 4th
It is not human activity that can save us, but the sufferings of Christ. To take part in these is my aspiration. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Thursday, January 3rd
A created spirit can ascend to God only by rising above itself. God, in a word, as Creator and preserver of every being, is the foundation that upholds them all. That which ascends to Him, at the same time descends to its most secure center of gravity. – St. Teresa…
Wednesday, January 2nd
Perhaps all the graces that I have received in abundance have come to me through the prayers of some little soul whom I shall know only in heaven! – St. Therese
Tuesday, January 1st
Our Redeemer, ever present in the most Blessed Sacrament, extends His hand to everyone. He opens His heart and says, ‘Come to Me, all of You.’ – St. Raphael Kalinowski