Friday, December 23rd
More effective than the mortification one practices according to one’s own choice is the cross that God lays upon one, exteriorly and interiorly. – St. Teresa Benedicta
Thursday, December 21st
I long to behold the light of his gaze. Oh! What splendor must shine in his eyes! In contemplating this Only Begotten of the Father I will have the Three and I will have all of Heaven! He will make his light shine in my soul, He will purify me…
Wednesday, December 20th
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.…
Monday, December 18th
Perhaps all the graces that I have received in abundance have come to me through the prayers of some little soul whom I shall know only in heaven! – St. Therese
Saturday, December 16th
The soul which has no other aim than the perfect observance of the law of God and the carrying of the cross of Christ will be a true ark, containing the true manna which is God. -St. John of the Cross
Friday, December 15th
It is noteworthy that this general knowledge is at times so delicate (especially when purer, simpler, and more perfect), spiritual, and interior that the soul does not perceive or feel it, even though employed with it. – St. John of the Cross
Thursday, December 14th
How amazing and pitiful it is that the soul be so utterly weak and impure that the hand of God, though light and gentle, should feel so heavy and contrary. For the hand of God does not press down or weigh on the soul, but only touches it; and this…
Wednesday, December 13th
It is so consoling to think that Jesus, the strong God, experienced all our weaknesses, that He trembled at the sight of the bitter chalice – the cup that He had longed for so ardently. – St. Therese
Tuesday, December 12th
The Redemption was decided in the eternal silence of the divine life and in the hiddenness of the tranquil dwelling of Nazareth; the power of the Holy Spirit overshadowed the Virgin while she was praying alone, and it brought about the Incarnation of the Redeemer. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith…
Monday, December 11th
In the evening of this life, I shall appear before You with empty hands, for I do not ask You, Lord, to count my works. All our justice is stained in Your eyes. I wish, then, to be clothed in Your own Justice and to receive from Your Love the…