The holy time of Advent is here; it seems to me that it is very especially the season of interior souls; in the silence of prayer, let us listen to Him.
Quote of the day, 3 December: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Quote of the day, 1 December: Jessica Powers
Come is the love song of our race and Come our basic word of individual wooing. It lifts audacious arms of lowliness to majesty's most amiable undoing, to Godhood fleshed and cradled and made least.
Quote of the day, 30 November: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
I have the vocation to be an Apostle... I would like to travel all over the world to preach your name and plant your glorious Cross on the soil of the unbelievers
Quote of the day, 29 November: St. Teresa of Avila
"...he must not turn his back upon the desire to die for God and suffer martyrdom"
Quote of the day, 28 November: St. Teresa of Avila
On the First Sunday of Advent, 28 November 1568, Fray Antonio de Heredia and St. John of the Cross began to observe the "Primitive Rule" of Pope Innocent IV in Duruelo, Spain. St Teresa describes their convent.
Advent I, 2021 — Promise
If I spoke before, it was to promise Christ. If they questioned me, their inquiries were related to their petitions and longings for Christ in whom they were to obtain every good.
Quote of the day, 27 November: St. Teresa of Avila
Fray Antonio de Heredia and Fray José de Cristo left for Duruelo on 27 November 1568 to begin the Teresian Reform for men on the next day, the First Sunday of Advent, 28 November.
Quote of the day, 26 November: St. Raphael Kalinowski
For all those who worked for the love of God and love of neighbor... may the merciful God reward them with his crown of glory...
Quote of the day, 22 November, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
I think that the “new song” which will most charm and captivate my God is that of a soul stripped and freed from self, one in whom He can reflect all that He is, and do all that He wills.
Quote of the day, 21 November: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
The flower that I pick, O my King, is you!
Quote of the day, 19 November: St. Raphael Kalinowski
St. Raphael of St. Joseph provides an answer to the question, "How does one become perfect and holy?"
Quote of the day, 18 November: St. Teresa Margaret
"Jesus, my Love, I resolve to be yours," was a resolution found in retreat notes that the saint had made while preparing for her religious profession.
Quote of the day, 17 November: Madame Acarie
O more than admirable power, wisdom and goodness of my Lord and God, why am I not able to make every created being into a soul at will?
Quote of the day, 16 November: St. John Paul II
John of the Cross is a model of a Christian in dialogue, a man of cultural breadth who expresses well that openness proper to the men and women of his native region of Castilla
Quote of the day, 15 November: St. Teresa of the Andes
Today we recited the Office of the Dead. It is so beautiful.
Quote of the day, 14 November: St. Teresa of Avila
Here are the beginning paragraphs of St. Teresa's commentary on the Lord's Prayer: "You desire that He consider us His children, because Your word cannot fail."
Quote of the day, 13 November: St. John Paul II
The beatification of Sister Mary of Jesus Crucified, which has gathered you here in Rome from all the countries of the Near East, has surely been for all of you a great moment of joy
Quote of the day, 12 November: Agnès of Jesus, O.C.D.
I was delighted to hear that today all three of you are in the little House of the Blessed Virgin [At Loreto, on 12th–13th November 1887]… One must no longer feel outside one’s Homeland there. It’s the Homeland in exile.
Quote of the day, 10 November: St. Teresa of the Andes
I have understood that what most keeps me from God is my pride. From now on I desire and propose to be humble.
Quote of the day, 9 November: St. John of the Cross
God pays little attention to your oratories and places arranged for prayer if through your desire and the delight you take in them you become attached...
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