I desire your progress, but it strikes me that enough has already been said and written for the attainment of everything you need. If anything is lacking it is not writing and speaking, but in silence and work. -St. John of the Cross
It must always be understood that one has to strive to go forward in the service of our Lord and in self- knowledge. – St. Teresa of Avila
There is no need for us to be advising Him about what He should give us, for He can rightly tell us that we don’t know what we’re asking for. – St. Teresa of Avila Happy Feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel!
The more this kind of love grows the more our love of God grows with it; and the deeper our love for Him the more we shall love our neighbor for the principle of both is the same. -St. John of the Cross
Humility and detachment are two inseparable sisters. – St. Teresa of Avila
The meek are those who know how to suffer their neighbor and themselves. – St. John of the Cross
Yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled. The Lord will work wonders in me which will even surpass my great desires. -St. Therese
This is a test to discern the true lover of God. Is he satisfied with anything less than God? For the satisfaction of the heart is not found in possessions but in detachment from all things and poverty of spirit. -St. John of the Cross
He will gaze on you with beautiful, compassionate eyes, and will forget His own grief to solace yours, only because you went to comfort Him, and turned to look at Him. -St. Teresa of Avila
“What is grace” I asked God. And He said, “All that happens.” Then He added, when I looked perplexed,“Could not lovers say that every moment in their Beloved’s arms was grace? Existence is my arms, though I well understand how one can turn away from me until the heart has…