There You will show me What my soul has been seeking, And then You will give me, You, my Life, will give me there What You gave me on that other day: The breathing of the air, The song of the sweet nightingale, The grove and its living beauty In…
What does it matter if I fall at every moment! In that way I realize my weakness, and the gain is considerable. My God, You see how little I am good for, away from Your divine arms; and if You leave me alone, well, it is because it pleases You…
The highest perfection obviously does not consist in interior delights or in great raptures or in visions or in the spirit of prophecy but in having our will so much in conformity with God’s will that there is nothing we know He wills that we do not want with all…
God came to redeem us, to unite us to himself, with one another, and to conform our will to his. He knows our nature; he takes it into consideration and therefore he has given us everything which can help us to reach our goal. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Since He is always with me, prayer, the heart to heart exchange, should never end…I think that we must be so simple with God! -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
I have understood that the thing that separates me most from God is my pride. I propose to be humble. Without humility the other virtues are hypocrisy. … Humility gains us similarity to Christ, peace of soul, holiness and intimate union with God. – St. Teresa of the Andes
What is there for you to fear if God has promised to hear us each time we have recourse to Him? – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
O Jesus! how happy I would be if I had been faithful, but alas! often in the evening I am sad because I feel I could have corresponded better with your graces… If I were more united to You, more charitable with my sisters, more humble and more mortified, I…
It is clear, then, that for the soul to come to unite itself perfectly with God through love and will, it must first be free from all desire of the will, howsoever slight. That is, that it must not intentionally and knowingly consent with the will to imperfections, and it…
My father was fond of reading good books…These good books together with the care my mother took to have us pray and be devoted to out Lady and to some of the saints began to awaken me. – St. Teresa of Avila