Wednesday, August 14th
Fear nothing and be ever joyous…The love of God raises us above our weaknesses. It is He who renders us strong and intrepid. – Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew
Tuesday, August 13th
When Jesus made in me His dwelling place, When God took possession of my heart, So well that since that hour, Since that mysterious colloquy, That divine and delicious meeting, I have aspired to nothing else but to give my life In order to return a bit of His great…
Monday, August 12th
If a person wishes to gain freedom of spirit and not be always troubled, let him begin by not being frightened by the cross, and he will see how the Lord also helps him carry it. -St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, August 11th
Since our Lord dwells in our souls, His prayer is ours. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Saturday, August 10th
I found the secret of suffering in peace – I don’t say joy. To suffer in peace, it is enough to will all that Jesus wills. – St. Therese
Friday, August 9th
The darkness that leads to God is, as we already know, faith. It is the only means that leads to union because it sets God before our eyes as he is: as infinite, as triune. Faith resembles God in that both blind the intellect and appear to it as darkness.…
Thursday, August 8th
So I will go to the altar of God. Here it is not a question of my minute petty affairs, but of the great offering of reconciliation. I may participate in that, purify myself and be made happy, and lay myself with all my doings and troubles along with the…
Monday, August 7th
God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher. – St. Teresa of Avila
Tuesday, August 6th
I desire to fulfill perfectly Your will, and to reach the degree of glory You have prepared for me in Your kingdom. In a word, I wish to be holy, but, knowing how helpless I am, I beseech You, my God, to be Yourself my holiness. -St. Therese
Monday, August 5th
And how right the devil is to direct his attacks so that the soul give up prayer! The traitor knows that he has lost the soul that practices prayer perseveringly and that all the falls he helps it to take assist it afterward, through the goodness of God, to make…