Wednesday, September 6th
Allow yourself to be taught, allow yourself to receive orders, allow yourself to be subjected and despised, and you will be perfect. -St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, September 5th
Some of these beginners, too, make little of their faults, and at other times become over-sad when they see themselves fall into them, thinking themselves to have been saints already; and thus they become angry and impatient with themselves, which is another imperfection. – St. John of the Cross
Monday, September 4th
Our faith is so dead that we desire what we see more than what faith tells us. – St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, September 3rd
The devil does a great deal to incapacitate us when he sees a little fear. -St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, September 2nd
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus to have acquired experience. – St. Teresa of Avila
Friday, September 1st
Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the spirit of love. -St. John of the Cross
Thursday, August 31st
You are the true peace of the heart, You are its only rest; outside of You all things are hard and uneasy. -St. Therese
Wednesday, August 30th
Each morn You come to me at early Mass, Your flesh and blood become my food and drink; And wonders are accomplished. Your body permeates mine mysteriously, I feel Your soul becoming one with mine: I am no longer what I used to be. You come and go, but still…
Tuesday, August 29th
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
Monday, August 28th
If you know how to accept the trials, worries, sufferings, and fatigue arranged by God throughout the days and hours of life, you will practice a lot of asceticism, and you will not have to look for more of it. -Bl. Pere Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, OCD