Thursday, August 11th
It would indeed be novel to think of having these favors from God through a path other than the one He took and the one followed by all His saints. -St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, August 10th
How wonderful is this presence of God in us, in the inner sanctuary of one’s soul! There we always find Him… Let us try never to leave Him alone, so that our lives may be an unceasing prayer. -Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Tuesday, August 9th
I am convinced that God does not call anyone solely for Himself, and moreover when He is pleased to accept the offering of a soul He is prodigal of demonstrations of love. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Monday, August 8th
Oh, then, when everything was dark, when the present was so painful and the future seemed even more gloomy to me, I closed my eyes and abandoned myself like a child in the arms of this Heavenly Father… We look at ourselves too much, we want to see and understand,…
Sunday, August 7th
O Lord, give me all that leads me to You. O Lord, take everything that diverts me from You. O Lord, wrest me from myself and give me wholly to You. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Saturday, August 6th
If individuals resolutely submit to carrying the cross, if they decidedly want to find and endure trial in all things for God, they will discover in all of them great relief and sweetness. -St. John of the Cross
Friday, August 5th
Why fear to offer yourself as a victim to God’s Merciful Love? If it were to His Divine Justice you might have reason to fear, but the Merciful Love will have pity on your weakness and will treat you with tenderest mercy. – St. Therese
Thursday, August 4th
We must dig deeply in Christ. He is like a rich mine with many pockets containing treasures: however deep we dig we will never find their end or their limit. Indeed, in every pocket new seams of fresh riches are discovered on all sides. -St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, August 3rd
In sum, there is no remedy in this tempest but to wait for the mercy of God. For at an unexpected time, with one word or a chance happening, He so quickly calms the storm that it seems there had not been even as much as a cloud in that…
Tuesday, August 2nd
Our Lord thirsts for our love. He suffered from Bethlehem to Calvary and forged chains by which to live in the tabernacle together with us. Don’t we have a little love for this Divine Beggar? – St. Teresa of the Andes