“Let Christ crucified be enough for you,” writes St. John of the Cross, adding: “with him suffer and take your rest…” O Lord, “even the darkness is not dark to you!” (Ps 139).
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St. John of the Cross Novena 2022, Day 8: Rest
Quote of the day, 14 September: St. Edith Stein
For the renewal of vows at the Carmel of Echt in 1940, St. Edith Stein wrote a meditation for the prioress at her request. We share the final section of the meditation where Edith presents a striking response to the age-old complaint that God doesn't hear our prayers. "What right have we to be heard?" Edith asks. Her own answer is decisive: "The day on which God has unrestricted power over our hearts we shall also have unrestricted power over his."
Quote of the day, 8 August: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity writes for the last time to Père Gonsalve Vallée, her Dominican spiritual father, that “next year I will celebrate your feast with St Dominic in 'the inheritance of the saints in light'.” This letter is a testament to his spiritual guidance over the course of six years.
Quote of the day, 1 April: St. Teresa of the Andes
On Holy Thursday, 1 April 1920, St Teresa of the Andes began to experience the first signs of her terminal illness, typhus. One year earlier she wrote to a friend, "Religious life, my little sister, is nothing but a life of sacrifice. The soul has given itself to God and must give itself entirely, for love leaves nothing for itself; it consumes everything so that from these ashes, one single person may rise: Christ."
Quote of the day, 12 January: Chiquitunga
Only one thing will I ask of you, since the rest will be given to me and you will give it to me in addition: what I ask is for Love to be able to Love
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 3
Courage, let us look at the Crucified and be conformed to that divine image.
Quote of the day, 25 May: St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi
To want to preserve our gifts and graces as Mary did, it is necessary to have what Mary had
Quote of the day, 13 March: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
You tell me to pray that you may be granted humility and the spirit of sacrifice
Quote of the day: 11 November
My Christ does not look like the other Christs
Witness to the truth — Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
Christ Crucified is a king who bears witness to the truth
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena – Day 7
To ask for your prayer, that I may be wholly faithful
Quote of the day: 14 September
More than ever the cross is a sign of contradiction
9 August: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
The world is in flames: do you wish to put them out?
26 June: Blessed Mary Josephine of Jesus Crucified
Suffering is a sweet and precious kiss from our crucified Lord
July 27: Blessed Titus Brandsma
"Oh, that this day we might realize the value God has placed on the suffering He sends: He, the All-Good."
Remain in my love
I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. (John 15:9-10)
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