Saturday, June 2nd
Peace is not given to us just for ourselves alone. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Peace is not given to us just for ourselves alone. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
I am resolved to give complete obedience in everything without exception, not only to my superiors, but also to my equals and inferiors, so as to learn from you, my God, who made yourself obedient in far more difficult circumstances than those in which I find myself. – St. Teresa…
To have God in everything a soul must have nothing in everything, for how can a heart belong in any way to two people at once? -St. John of the Cross
I do not remember even now that I have ever asked anything of him (St. Joseph) which he has failed to grant. I am astonished at the great favors which God has bestowed on me through this blessed saint, and at the perils from which He has freed me, both…
More than ever, I understand that the smallest events of our life are conducted by God; He is the One who makes us desire and who grants our desires. -St. Therese
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him. – St. Teresa of Avila
You will ask me perhaps how we are to glorify Him. It is very simple…cling closely to the will of this adorable Master. Look upon everything, every suffering and every joy, as coming straight from Him and your life will be a continual communion since everything will be, as it…
If a person has more patience in suffering and more forbearance in going without satisfaction, it is a sign that he is more proficient in virtue. – St. John of the Cross
A soul which thus permits the divine Being to satisfy in itself His need to communicate “all that He is and all that He has,” is in reality the praise of glory of all His gifts. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
…it is hardly possible to think individually of every intention that is recommended to me from so many different sides. All one can do is to try to live the life one has chosen with ever greater fidelity and purity in order to offer it up as an acceptable sacrifice…