Thursday, June 16th
I am not disturbed at seeing myself weakness itself. On the contrary it is in my weakness that I glory, and I expect each day to discover new imperfections in myself. -St. Therese
Wednesday, June 15th
Jesus can use me. My Heart will sing to Him unceasingly: “In your love, my God, I have faith.” -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Tuesday, June 14th
It is also an evident truth that sympathy with the neighbor grows the more the soul is united with God through love. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Monday, June 13th
The door by which we can enter this castle is prayer. It is absurd to think that we can enter Heaven without first entering our own souls — without getting to know ourselves, and reflecting upon the wretchedness of our nature and what we owe to God, and continually imploring…
Sunday, June 12th
When we keep little we recognize our own nothingness and expect everything from the goodness of God, exactly as a little child expects everything from its father. Nothing worries us, not even the amassing of spiritual riches. -St. Therese
Saturday, June 11th
Life is passing, Eternity draws nigh: soon shall we live the very life of God. After having drunk deep at the fount of bitterness, our thirst will be quenched at the very source of all sweetness. -St. Therese
Friday, June 10th
Because the light and wisdom of this contemplation is very bright and pure, and the soul in which it shines is dark and impure, a person will be deeply afflicted on receiving it. – St. John of the Cross
Thursday, June 9th
God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform. – St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, June 8th
I have made more acts of faith during the past year than in all the rest of my life. Whenever my enemy provokes me to combat, I try to behave like a gallant soldier. Aware that a duel is an act of cowardice, I turn my back on the foe…
Tuesday, June 7th
It is in prayer that the soul learns to know Jesus and thus to love him. Since love cannot be satisfied with difference but with equality, the result is union in similarity. – St. Teresa de los Andes