To live with the Spirit of God is to be a listener. It is to keep the vigil of mystery, earthless and still. One leans to catch the stirring of the Spirit, strange as the wind's will.
Quote of the day, 9 January: Jessica Powers
Quote of the day, 3 January: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
I wish I were a painter so I could make you a sketch of the scene that surrounds me [...] the moonlight is flooding our cell through the frosted window panes, it's ravishing [...] All is calm and silent, and that makes me think of the night when the little Jesus was given to us.
Quote of the day, 3 December: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
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.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 6
I want to send you a little note from my soul for I am anxious for you to know that in the Father’s House I will pray especially for you.
Quote of the day, 9 September: Père Jacques de Jésus
Silence should penetrate deep within us and occupy every area of our inner home.
Quote of the day, 7 September: Père Jacques de Jésus
Have you ever wondered what Christ's prayer was like? Upon explanation, we realize that his prayer consisted essentially in the penetration of his very being by God.
Quote of the day, 17 August: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
The soul that still keeps something for self in its “inner kingdom”, whose powers are not “enclosed” in God, cannot be a perfect praise of glory
Quote of the day, 21 June: Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
When God seems absent, it's because he's present beyond our comprehension...
Quote of the day, 29 May: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
A praise of glory is a soul of silence that remains like a lyre under the mysterious touch of the Holy Spirit
Quote of the day, 20 May: St. John of the Cross / San Juan de la Cruz
It is great wisdom to know how to be silent / Grande sabiduría es saber callar
Marie du jour 2021, May 7: St. Teresa of the Andes
I have also reflected on how the Blessed Virgin Mary was a perfect Carmelite
Marie du jour 2021, May 1: Père Jacques
Contemplate the Incarnation; it was accomplished in the silence of the Virgin Mary’s chamber
Quote of the day, 14 April: St. Edith Stein
...where souls stand before the face of God in solitude and silence in order to be quickening love in the heart of the church.
Quote of the day, 28 February: Père Jacques de Jésus
Christ experiences ecstatic moments on Mount Tabor, but even during those moments in the company of Moses and Elijah, he conversed about his Passion for the redemption of sinners
Quote of the day: 27 November
Silence is the echo of God's eternity
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: 8 November
On the 7th and 8th of November, she kept almost constant silence, but you could still hear: "I am going to Light, to Love, to Life!"
Quote of the day: 28 October
I think that in Heaven my mission will be to draw souls
Quote of the day: 5 October
It was absolute solitude, that solitude in which God speaks to the heart
St. Thérèse Novena: My Joy! — Day 6
If sometimes I shed tears my joy is to hide them well
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