Friday, March 10th
By love and not by fear, does a soul avoid committing the least voluntary fault. -St.Therese
Thursday, March 9th
Run a thousand miles from such expressions as :”I was right.” “They had no reason for doing this to me.” “The one who did this to me was wrong.” God deliver us from this poor way of reasoning. Does it seem to have been right that our good Jesus suffered…
Wednesday, March 8th
It seems to me I have found my heaven on earth, since heaven is God and God is in my soul. The day I understood that, everything became clear to me, and I wish I could whisper this secret to those I love in order that they also might cling…
Tuesday, March 7th
A soul that is hard because of self-love grows harder. O good Jesus, if you do not soften it, it will ever continue in its natural hardness. – St. John of the Cross
Monday, March 6th
We do not know how to make the slightest sacrifice for our God, despite the fact that from eternity He has refused us nothing. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Sunday, March 5th
During these painful times when you feel a terrible void, think how He is enlarging the capacity of your soul so that it can receive Him, making it, as it were, infinite just as He is infinite. So, as far as your will is concerned, try to remain perfectly joyous…
Saturday, March 4th
It is a great school of humility to have to do continually things that cause great fatigue and that turn out very imperfect. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Friday, March 3rd
I have within me the prayer of Jesus Christ, the Divine Adorer. It takes me to souls and to the Father. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Thursday, March 2nd
May Jesus burn more and more in our hearts so that we can enkindle the whole world with His love. – Bl. Mary of the Angels
Wednesday, March 1st
Oh, how much we gain if we have no desire to gain what seems to us best and so have no fear of losing, since God never permits a truly mortified person to lose anything except when such loss will bring him greater gain! – St. Teresa of Avila