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Our Lord kept nothing for Himself when He loved me from the wood of the Cross.  And will I give myself to Him by halves?

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.

The poverty of the Carmelite is very great. She can possess nothing, and this is an assurance that her whole capacity for possessing is filled with God alone. By being poor she becomes more like her divine Spouse, who did not have a place to lay His head. The Carmelite possesses God alone.

When I think that previously I was envious of Mary Magdalene for having had Jesus in her home so many times, for having listened to Him, I become ashamed; for He did not abandon our earth.  He remains in the tabernacle.  There I look at Him in faith and listen to Him.

The soul that has given itself to God must give itself completely, for love leaves nothing for itself.  Let it be consumed entirely so that from these ashes only one person may rise: Christ.  The creature is consumed in the divinity.

Today I felt annihilated, but I held my crucifix tightly and I only told Him: "I love You."

The desire to stand out or excel is natural to a creature.  But if we would reflect on it, what purpose do those social triumphs serve?  They disappear between night and morning.  ...the only thing that is worthwhile here on earth is whatever brings us closer to God.

Ask the Most Holy Virgin to be your guide, to be your star, the lamp that shines in the midst of the darkness of your life.

Our Lord thirsts for our love. He suffered from Bethlehem to Calvary and forged chains by which to live in the tabernacle together with us. Don't we have a little love for this Divine Beggar?

I only follow His counsels regarding mortification, and I made the resolution to deny myself in all things. I only mortify my will.

When you are suffering or when you are feeling lonely...then take comfort in the fact that Jesus is with you and sees you suffering.

In seeing You(Mary) so pure, so tender, and so compassionate, who would not be encouraged to unburden his intimate sufferings to you? Who would not ask you to be his star on this stormy see? Who is there who would not cry in your arms without instantly receiving your immaculate kisses of love and comfort?