Like our Lord in today's gospel reading, St. Teresa compares the soul to a tree that is planted by the fount of life. "There would be no freshness, no fruit, if it were not for this fount sustaining the tree, preventing it from drying up, and causing it to produce good fruit."
Quote of the day, 17 January: Père Jacques de Jésus
We recall 17 January 1985, the date when the Servant of God Père Jacques de Jésus was named "Righteous Among the Nations" by the World Holocaust Remembrance Center Yad Vashem.
Quote of the day, 23 December: St. Edith Stein
It is truly a marvelous exchange: the Creator of mankind, taking a body, gives us His Godhead. The Redeemer has come into the world to do this wonderful work. He became one of us—more than this, He became one with us.
Quote of the day, 4 September: St. Edith Stein
In God's new kingdom, the role of the human couple has changed; it has become a relationship of mother and son
Quote of the day: 23 October
Her great desire will be fulfilled: I will be a priest, an apostle according to God's heart
Quote of the day: 9 September
He wants me to be another humanity for Him in which He can still suffer for the glory of His Father
Quote of the day: 2 June
The Fall... was rooted in a disturbance of social justice
Marie du jour 2020: 18 May
The Virgin praying alone in the hidden, silent room
Quote of the day: 19 November
Guide our bark with the rudder of the nails of your cross, lest we drown in the storm
St. Teresa Novena 2019 — Day 6
The Lord wanted me to see the place the devils had prepared there for me
Quote of the Day: 21 March
Excerpts from St. John Paul II's homily for the Mass of Canonization of St. Teresa of the Andes
Quote of the day: 15 March
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity writes, "I desire so much to gather souls to my Jesus!"
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