Thursday, May 16th
Believe me – to write books of piety, to compose sublime poems, all this is not worth as much as the smallest act of renunciation. – St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, May 15th
Secrecy of conscience is considerably harmed and damaged as often as a person manifest its fruit to men, for then he receives as his reward the fruit of fleeting fame. – St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, May 14th
Oh, ask Him that I may be equal to my vocation and not abuse the graces He lavishes on me; if you knew how fearful that makes me sometimes…Then I cast myself on Him whom Saint John calls ‘the Faithful and True,’ and I beg Him to be Himself my…
Monday, May 13th
I say, daughters, that we should set our eyes on Christ, our Good, and on His saints. There we shall learn true humility, the intellect will be enhanced, as I have said, and self-knowledge will not make one base and cowardly. – St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, May 12th
We do not climb Calvary as heroes, like the champion who has won the race. A saint is not a hero: he is someone filled with God and with God’s strength. – Ven. Fr. Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus
Saturday, May 11th
We look at ourselves too much … we do not have enough trust in Him who enfolds us in His love. We must not stand in front of our cross and examine it in itself, but withdrawing into the light of faith,we must rise above it and consider that it…
Friday, May 10th
Let us now come to the detachment which we must practice, for if this is carried out perfectly it includes everything else. I say “it includes everything else” because, if we care nothing for any created things, but embrace the Creator alone, His Majesty will infuse the virtues into us…
Thursday, May 9th
We can assume that the prospect of the faithful who would follow Him on His way of the cross strengthened the Savior during His night on the Mount of Olives. And the strength of these cross-bearers helps Him after each of His falls. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Wednesday, May 8th
‘You are dead and your life is hidden with Christ in God’ (Col. 3:3). There is the condition: we must be ‘dead’, otherwise we may be hidden in God sometimes, but we do not live habitually in Him; for all our sensitiveness, our self-seeking and such-like, causes us to depart…
Tuesday, May 7th
The imitation of the virtue in which one sees another excel has a great tendency to spread. This is good advice; don’t forget it. – St. Teresa of Avila