To live with the Spirit of God is to be a listener. It is to keep the vigil of mystery, earthless and still. One leans to catch the stirring of the Spirit, strange as the wind's will.
Quote of the day, 9 January: Jessica Powers
Quote of the day, 8 January: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Don't you understand what love is when it concerns Him who has so loved us? If only you knew how He loves you, and how I love you too!…
9 January: St. Andrew Corsini
St. Andrew Corsini was made bishop of Fiesole on October 13th, 1349, and gave the Church a wonderful example of love, apostolic zeal, prudence, and love of the poor.
Quote of the day, 7 January: Brother Lawrence
A soul depends on grace in proportion to its desire for greater perfection. God's help is necessary at every moment because, without it, the soul can do nothing.
8 January: St. Peter Thomas
After being made bishop of Patti and Lipari in 1354, St. Peter Thomas was entrusted with many papal missions to promote peace and unity with the Eastern Churches.
Quote of the day, 6 January: Léonie Martin
For the one who possesses Jesus possesses all; He is the treasure of treasures. In Him alone we find our joy and not in the creature.
Quote of the day, 5 January: Jean Thierry Ebogo
Yesterday, Lord, it was you I was looking for in the people of my own flesh and blood in those who loved me Today, Lord, it is you who I have found in strangers, in foreigners in those who do not love me
Quote of the day, 4 January: St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
O my Lord, what do I have except what you have given me? You are the source of goodness and bliss.
4 January: St. Kuriakos Elias of the Holy Family Chavara
Saint Kuriakos Elias Chavara was the co-founder and first prior general of the congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
Quote of the day, 3 January: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
I wish I were a painter so I could make you a sketch of the scene that surrounds me [...] the moonlight is flooding our cell through the frosted window panes, it's ravishing [...] All is calm and silent, and that makes me think of the night when the little Jesus was given to us.
Quote of the day, 2 January: Mother Agnès of Jesus, O.C.D.
We recall the birth of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and share excerpts from the testimony of Pauline Martin concerning the Saint's birth on 2 January 1873
Mary’s Treasure Chest — Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
Mary kept everything in the treasure chest of her heart: everything she experienced — the easy and the difficult, the joyful and the painful, what she understood and that which was difficult to accept.
Quote of the day, 1 January: St. Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa sends New Years greetings to Father Nicolás Doria through the kindness of Madre María de San José in Seville
Quote of the day, 31 December: St. Edith Stein
St. Edith Stein departed from Cologne bound for Echt, Holland on the night of 31 December 1938. In a farewell poem, she wrote: "In the heart of Jesus, which was pierced, The kingdom of heaven and the land of earth are bound together. Here is for us the source of life."
Quote of the day, 30 December: St. John of the Cross
It is not God's will that a soul be disturbed by anything or suffer trials...
Quote of the day, 29 December: The Carmelite Rule
Since man's life on earth is a time of trial, and all who would live devotedly in Christ must undergo persecution, and the devil your foe is on the prowl like a roaring lion looking for prey to devour...
Quote of the day, 28 December: St. Edith Stein
The Crib of the Child is surrounded by martyrs: There are the innocent children, the babes of Bethlehem and Juda, who were cruelly slaughtered by the hands of brutal hangmen. What does this mean?
Quote of the day, 27 December: St. Edith Stein
No one has looked more deeply into the hidden abyss of the divine life than [St John]. Therefore, he proclaims the mystery of the eternal birth of the Divine Word in the liturgy each feast day during the days of Christmas.
Quote of the day, 26 December: Père Jacques de Jésus
In regard to his parents, Christ was completely submissive and never evaded their authority. When necessary, he explains to his parents in confidential conversations and gentle words, just who he is and just what lies ahead according to the ancient prophecies.
We are loved — Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
He loves each one of us as we are and he invites us to welcome him without fear—he only asks us to trust him. He came to be our brother and to fill our lives with happiness and meaning.
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