Saturday, October 1st
If we abandon ourselves, and place our confidence in God, while making every small effort and hoping for everything from His mercy, we shall be rewarded as much as the greatest saints. -St. Therese
Friday, September 30th
We live too much our own individual lives and think much too little of how we are united with each other in and through God and all together with God. And yet therein lies our supreme worth and strength, our dignity. -Bl. Titus Brandsma
Thursday, September 29th
Today there is a special need for the Baptism of spirit and fire. In the tremendous struggle between Christ and Lucifer, those who are called to instruct men constitute the vanguard. To arm ourselves for this struggle and to persevere always armed is our most urgent duty. “If salt loses…
Wednesday, September 28th
Because the light and wisdom of this contemplation is very bright and pure, and the soul in which it shines is dark and impure, a person will be deeply afflicted on receiving it. -St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, September 27th
I have only to love Him, to let myself be loved, all of the time: to wake in Love, to move in Love, to sleep in Love,my soul in His Soul, my heart in His Heart, so that through contact with Him, He purifies me, and delivers me from my…
Monday, September 26th
Wait upon God with loving and pure attentiveness, working no violence on yourself lest you disturb the soul’s peace and tranquility. God will feed your soul with heavenly food since you put no obstacle in His way… And it is not remarkable that the soul does not see this, for…
Sunday, September 25th
The devil through very small things drills holes through which very large things enter. -St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, September 24th
When God communicates this bright ray of his secret wisdom to the soul not yet transformed, he causes thick darkness. -St. John of the Cross
Thursday, September 22nd
You see, dear Mother, that my way is not the way of fear; I can always find means to be happy and to profit by my failings, and Our Lord Himself encourages me to do so. – St. Therese
Wednesday, September 21st
I cannot be downcast, since in everything that happens to me, I see the loving hand of Jesus. -St. Therese