January 29
“Sometimes when I find myself spiritually in dryness so great that I cannot produce a single good thought, I recite very slowly an Our Father or a Hail Mary. These prayers alone console me. They nourish my soul.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux
January 28
“Leave at the door of the place where you are going to converse with God all extraneous thoughts, saying, with St. Bernard, “O my thoughts, wait here. After prayer we shall speak about other matters.”
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
January 27
"Mothers and sisters most dear to me in Christ: in the first place strive with all your power and zeal to be open. With the help of God, try to receive such good counsel that, led solely by the love of God and an eagerness to save souls, you may fulfill your charge. Only if the responsibilities committed to you are rooted in this twofold charity will they bear beneficial and saving fruit."
-St. Angela Merici, Spiritual Testament
January 26
"As for you, always be steady, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
January 25
“Meditation is the mother of the love of God, and contemplation is the daughter of the love of God. Contemplation is nothing other than taking delight in the goodness of Him Whom we have learned to know in meditation, and Whom we have learned to love by means of this knowledge.”
-St. Francis de Sales
January 24
“I want to go fishing sometimes. How? I will tell you. The most holy passion of Jesus is a sea of sorrows, but, at the same time, a sea of love. Pray to God that He teach you to fish in this sea. Then dive into its depths. No matter how deep you go, you will never reach bottom.”
-St. Paul of the Cross
January 23
“I began to live as if only God and I existed in the world. Sometimes I considered myself before Him as a miserable criminal at his judge’s feet, and at other times I regarded him in my heart as my Father, as my God.”
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
January 22
“The practice of the presence of God is an application of our mind to God, or a remembrance of God present, that can be brought about either by the imagination or the understanding.”
-Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
January 21
“Prayer is the best weapon we possess, the key that opens the heart of God.”
- St. Pio of Pietrelcina
January 20
“Prayer is the basic prerequisite to service of the Church and the world. Every believer should always think of prayer as an essential and indispensable component of one’s vocation.”
-St. Pope John Paul the Great
