Wednesday, December 14th
Spiritual substance cannot be communicated to the senses, and anything imparted to the sense, especially in this life, cannot be pure spirit, since sense is incapable of it. -St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, December 13th
One could believe that it is because I haven’t sinned that I have such great confidence in God. Really tell them, Mother, that if I had committed all possible crimes, I would always have the same confidence; I feel that this whole multitude of offenses would be like a drop…
Monday, December 12th
Humility consists in complete recognition of one’s own nothingness in all things. A leather bag is best filled by being laid flat on the ground, and a bucket at a well does not fill with water unless it is lowered. As for me, I remain empty for want of being…
Sunday, December 11th
You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, or even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them. -St. Therese
Saturday, December 10th
Contemplation is perceived more frequently in the will under the form of love, than in the intellect under the form of knowledge. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Friday, December 9th
It is in the effects and deeds following afterward that one discerns the true value of prayer. -St. Teresa of Avila
Thursday, December 8th
O sweetest Star of heaven! O Virgin, spotless, blest, Shining with Jesus’ light, guiding to Him my way! O Mother! ‘neath thy veil let my tired spirit rest, For this brief passing day! – St. Therese
Wednesday, December 7th
Then gradually, he becomes very small and humble; he grows patient and indulgent toward the splinter in strange eyes because the beam in his own is brought into being; and, finally, he also learns to be patient with himself in the inexorable light of the divine Presence and to surrender…
Tuesday, December 6th
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, December 5th
I am no longer able to ask eagerly for anything save the perfect accomplishment of God’s design on my soul. -St. Therese