On Thursday evening of his retreat for the Carmel of Pontoise, Père Jacques devoted his conference to the theme of silence. "Silence is not an empty void," he told the nuns; "God dwells therein."
Quote of the day, 9 September: Père Jacques de Jésus
Quote of the day, 6 September: Père Jacques de Jésus
Père Jacques de Jésus began his preached retreat for the Discalced Carmelite nuns at the Carmel of Pontoise on this date in 1943. He reminded the nuns, “Prayer is the reason why God has placed us on earth.”
Quote of the day, 27 June: Jessica Powers
God fills my being to the brim with floods of His immensity. I drown within a drop of Him whose sea-bed is infinity....
Quote of the day, 10 April: Denis-Marie Ghesquières, OCD
This week, let’s take time to meditate on chapters 22 and 23 of Luke's gospel. Fr. Denis-Marie Ghesquières, OCD writes, "the evangelist chose the events of the Passion to bear witness not so much to the cruelty of men as to the goodness of Jesus towards these same people. They all are the object of his mercy: the women, the executioners, the thieves crucified with him, and even the leaders of the people."
Quote of the day, 3 April: Denis-Marie Ghesquières, OCD
Commenting on the Gospel story of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery, Fr. Denis-Marie Ghesquières, OCD writes, "Jesus challenges each one of the onlookers to search his heart and, faced with the woman's sin, to question himself! A new path can open up by setting out from the truth about oneself in the presence of Jesus..."
Quote of the day, 17 March: Jessica Powers
One may kneel down and make a plea with words from book or breviary... But some day, hidden by His will, if this meek child is waiting still, God will take out His mercy-key and open up felicity, where saltiest tears are given right to seas where sapphire marries light
Quote of the day, 10 March: Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence reasons with a woman in spiritual direction: "You would consider it rude to leave a friend who is visiting you by himself; then why abandon God and leave him alone? Do not forget him..."
Quote of the day, 8 March: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
He wants to be my peace so that nothing can distract me or draw me out of “the invincible fortress of holy recollection.” It is there that He will give me “access to the Father” and will keep me as still and as peaceful in His presence as if my soul were already in eternity.
Quote of the day, 19 February: Brother Lawrence
Joseph de Beaufort learned in his first conversation with Brother Lawrence that "we must nourish our souls with an exalted idea of God, and thereby we will draw great joy from being with him."
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 5
My beloved Antoinette, I leave you my faith in the presence of God, of the God who is all Love dwelling in our souls.
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 5: God is
One thing alone is certain: that God is and that his hand holds us in being.
Quote of the day, 13 April: Brother Lawrence
We do not always have to be in church to be with God. We can make of our hearts an oratory where we can withdraw from time to time
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, 22 February: St. Teresa of Avila
God seemed so present to me that I thought of St. Peter's words: You are Christ, Son of the living God.
Quote of the day: 16 September
We can remain in God’s presence, however busy we are, however we feel
Quote of the day: 3 September
They must take care that their minds do not wander or return to creatures
Quote of the day: 8 July
This practice of the presence of God is the holiest, the surest, the easiest, and the most efficacious form of prayer
Quote of the day: 24 June
My brother died the Sunday after the feast of St. John
Quote of the day: 8 June
If we obey the pope, we obey the Lord Jesus, according to his own words addressed to Peter and the other apostles
The Spirit of Truth — Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
The “Spirit of truth” whispers Jesus’ words to our hearts
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