Sunday, June 11th
The soul in which God dwells has no other function than of an altar. – St. John of the Cross
Saturday, June 10th
A Carmelite sanctifies herself in order to make all the Church’s members holy… Let’s live intimately united with Him, since one who loves tends to be united with the one loved. The fusing of two souls is done through love. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Friday, June 9th
Almighty Father, I place the Precious Blood of Jesus before my lips before I pray, that my prayers may be purified before they ascend to Your divine altar. -Prayer of St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi
Thursday, June 8th
Divine spirit, divine life, divine love means this: he who does the will of God, knows God and loves Him. In fact, at the moment in which we do what God asks, with interior dedication, divine life becomes our life, God is found within ourselves. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith…
Wednesday, June 7th
It is right that the soul, as far as it is able, should work to purify itself, that it may merit that God take it into His Divine care and heal it of those imperfections before which it is helpless. -St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, June 6th
If, by an impossibility, the good God Himself did not see my good deeds I would not be grieved. I love Him so much that I wish to give Him pleasure, even without Him knowing that it is I. -St. Therese
Monday, June 5
Oh, then, spiritual soul, when you see your appetites darkened, your inclinations dry and constrained, your faculties incapacitated for any interior exercise, do not be afflicted; think of this as a grace, since God is freeing you from yourself and taking from you your own activity. -St. John of the…
Sunday, June 4th
He will not show Himself openly or reveal His glories or bestow His treasures, save on souls who prove that they ardently desire Him, for these are His real friends. -St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, June 3rd
I have never heard Him speak, but I know that He is within me. -St. Therese
Friday, June 2nd
I cannot believe that one who has approached so near to Mercy Himself, Who has shown the soul what it really is and all that God has pardoned it, would not instantly and most willingly forgive, and be at peace, and remain well-affected towards anyone who has injured her. -St.…