[Christ] stands, always and everywhere, before the face of God; his own soul is the Holy of Holies... He gazes upon the uncovered face of the Eternal One and has nothing to fear.
Quote of the day, 2 April: St. Edith Stein
Quote of the day, 20 March: Blessed Titus Brandsma
Stay with me, with me, Jesus sweet, Your presence makes all things good for me.
Quote of the day, 16 March: St. Teresa of Avila
If the Lord Himself doesn't come to order them to get up, as He did the man who waited at the side of the pool for thirty years...
Quote of the day, 23 February: St. Teresa of Avila
It is always good to base your prayer on prayers coming from the mouth of the Lord.
Quote of the day, 17 February: St. John of the Cross
Our prayer should be made either in the concealment of our inner room or, if not in one's room, it should be made in the solitary wilderness, and at the best and most quiet time of night
Quote of the day, 8 February: St. Teresa of Avila
True humility consists very much in great readiness to be content with whatever the Lord may want to do with them
Quote of the day, 7 February: Père Jacques
I would like to join with you in observing Christ at prayer. What was his prayer like?
Quote of the day, 27 January: St. Henry de Ossó
Let me, then, love your adorable heart above all things
Quote of the day, 26 January: Brother Lawrence
We must stop for a moment, as often as possible, to adore God in the depths of our hearts
Quote of the day, 13 January: Brother Lawrence
I renounced for the sake of his love everything other than God, and I began to live as if only he and I existed in the world
Quote of the day, 2 January: Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
Mary kept everything in her heart, where her life became a prayer, a dialogue with God
Novena to St. John of the Cross 2020 – Day 9
The soul here addresses its Bridegroom with deep love
Novena to St. John of the Cross 2020 – Day 8
The soul here addresses its Bridegroom with deep love
Novena to St. John of the Cross 2020 – Day 7
The soul thereby becomes divine, God through participation, insofar as is possible in this life
Quote of the day, 9 December: Brother Lawrence
We must not seek consolations from this exercise, but must do it from a motive of love
Novena to St. John of the Cross 2020 – Day 6
A soul ordinarily needs instruction pertinent to its experience in order to be guided through the dark night
Novena to St. John of the Cross 2020 – Day 5
Those who set their hearts on the good things of the world become extremely wicked in the sight of God
Novena to St. John of the Cross 2020 – Day 4
This life is not good if it is not an imitation of his life
Novena to St. John of the Cross 2020 – Day 3
Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it
Novena to St. John of the Cross 2020 – Day 2
I pity the one who draws herself back from my love
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