Telling the story of a layman she knows, St. Teresa explains that we can practice obedience and the trials and distractions that result do not disturb our prayer because the Lord repays us well.
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 2
Quote of the day, 29 August: St. John of the Cross
Surrender your whole will to God so that it may thus be united with him
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 8: Purgative dryness
One recognizes purgative dryness in that “the soul is powerless in spite of all its efforts to meditate and make use of the imagination"
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 9
The world cannot give peace. Jesus the Lamb of God has come so that we may have it abundantly.
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 8
... to commune with God within the recesses of our soul through abandonment. There lies the key to God’s love and peace.
Quote of the day, 14 July: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
If you also fall asleep when the storm rages, I always want to stay in deep peace.
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 7
Be at peace... We must always keep our eyes on God.
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 6
How I wish I could fill you with these thoughts... so that there is nothing before you but God! Then, what peace, what joy we might experience
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 4
"Nothing whatsoever can happen except as it pleases God to allow it. And, in regard to that, I am completely at peace."
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 3
"May our dear Queen of Peace make Your Charity an angel of peace"
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 2
A person likes to remain alone in loving awareness of God, in interior peace and quiet
Quote of the day, 27 February: Blessed Titus Brandsma
In society, the sound principles of love and forgiveness must once again blossom and be practiced universally
Quote of the day: 13 November
May this new way of life give us peace based not on terror, but on mutual trust
Quote of the day: 9 November
I am reading Elizabeth of the Holy Trinity. I love her. I want to live a life of Heaven, as Elizabeth says
Quote of the day: 22 October
Edith Stein's sacrifice is a cry for, and a service to peace
Quote of the day: 2 October
With your celestial aid, in peace I await the other life
Quote of the day: 19 September
Some verses alone of that divine book scattered my doubts and caused an unexpected and indefectible light to fall on my eyes
Quote of the day: 11 September
Since that first embrace, Jesus did not let me go
Quote of the day: 30 August
If you desire to discover peace and consolation for your soul and to serve God truly, do not find your satisfaction in what you have left behind
Quote of the day: 25 August
Your love, Lord, and the hatred of sin
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