Thursday, January 15th
To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul. It is Jesus alone who can give such value to our actions. Let us then love Him with all our heart. -St. Therese
Wednesday, January 14th
We seem to ourselves to be making progress, yet we become weary, for, believe me, we are walking through a mist; it will be fortunate if we do not lose ourselves. Do you think, my daughters, if we could travel from one country to another in eight days, that it…
Tuesday, January 13th
The more God gives the more He makes us desire, until we are empty and He is able to fill us with good things. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, January 12th
To prove to Our Lord how much you love Him, learn to forget yourself always … and be very faithful to all your duties and all your resolutions. Live by will rather than by imagination. If you feel your weakness, God wants you to make use of it in order…
Sunday, January 11th
One fall is not sufficient for a person to be lost nor are many, if they love You and not the things of the world. They journey in the valley of humility. I cannot understand what it is that makes people afraid of setting out on the road of perfection.…
Saturday, January 10th
Oh, would that I could tell everyone what sources of strength, of peace and also of happiness they would find if they consented to live in this intimate union with Him. Only they do not know how to wait. If God does not bestow Himself in a manner they can…
Friday, January 9th
Would you like to be the plaything Of this Child so fair and sweet? Would you, dear one! like to please Him? Then lie humbly at His feet. If He chooses to caress you, If He lifts you to His breast, Yes, if He seems tired of you, Count yourself…
Thursday, January 8th
I cannot believe that one who has approached so near to Mercy Himself, Who has shown the soul what it really is and all that God has pardoned it, would not instantly and most willingly forgive, and be at peace, and remain well-affected towards anyone who has injured her. -St.…
Wednesday, January 7th
Charity enlightens where selfishness makes one blind; it widens where selfishness narrows; it is joyful where selfishness is miserable. -Bl. Pere Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, OCD
Tuesday, January 6th
In our difficulties we should rather accept them than desire to be freed from them; it is the acceptance that delivers us. – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity