The desire to stand out or excel is natural to a creature. But if we would reflect on it, what purpose do those social triumphs serve? They disappear between night and morning. …the only thing that is worthwhile here on earth is whatever brings us closer to God. -St. Teresa…
Have patience with yourself, the Lord does. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Our Lord became a spring for us, so that we should not die of thirst among all the miseries that surround us. -Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew
I found myself so constricted on every side that the only remedy I discovered was to raise my eyes to heaven and call upon God…For there is no stable help but in God. -St. Teresa of Avila
I’m keeping a rendezvous with you in the shadow of the Cross to learn the science of suffering. -Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity
For when the sensory delight and gratification coming from things are quenched, neither the devil, nor the world, nor sensuality has arms or power against the spirit. -St. John of the Cross
Each morning I resolve to be humble, and in the evening I recognize that I have often been guilty of pride. The sight of these faults tempts me to discouragement; yet I know that discouragement is itself but a form of pride. I wish therefore, O my God, to build…
… the soul (possessing a will the more generous and free the more it is united with God) gives to God, God himself in God; and this is a true and complete gift of the soul to God. -St. John of the Cross
These…do not embrace the cross but drag it along, and so it hurts and wearies them and breaks them to pieces. However, if the cross is loved, it is easy to bear, this is certain. – St. Teresa of Avila
With bold surrender, it wishes to remain gazing upon the Divine Sun. Nothing will frighten it, neither wind nor rain, and if dark clouds come and hide the Star of Love, the little bird will not change its place because it knows that beyond the clouds its bright Sun still…