June 12
"Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender."
-St. Therese of Lisieux
June 12
"Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender."
-St. Therese of Lisieux
June 11
"If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection."
-St. John of the Cross
June 10
"The more we conquer ourselves the more He gives us of His grace; and if today we have had power to overcome one difficulty, tomorrow and the day after we shall be able to surmount others that are much greater and more distressing."
-St. Vincent de Paul
June 9
"Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him."
-St. Teresa of Avila
June 8
"Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mould them accordingly."
-St. Ignatius Loyola
June 7
"Therefore with mind entire, faith firm, courage undaunted, love thorough, let us be ready for whatever God wills."
-St. Bede the Venerable
June 6
"God is sufficiently wise, good, powerful and merciful to turn those events which are apparently the most calamitous to the good and the advantage of those who know how to adore and accept with humility all that his divine and adorable will permits."
-Jean-Pierre De Caussade, S.J.
June 5
"Let us remember these great truths:
(1) There is nothing, however small or apparently indifferent, which has not been ordained or permitted by God - even to the fall of a leaf.
(2) God is sufficiently wise, good, powerful and merciful to turn those events which are apparently the most calamitous to the good and the advantage of those who know how to adore and accept with humility all that his divine and adorable will permits."
-Jean-Pierre De Caussade, S.J.
June 4
"Let us remember these great truths:
(1) There is nothing, however small or apparently indifferent, which has not been ordained or permitted by God - even to the fall of a leaf.
(2) God is sufficiently wise, good, powerful and merciful to turn those events which are apparently the most calamitous to the good and the advantage of those who know how to adore and accept with humility all that his divine and adorable will permits."
-Jean-Pierre De Caussade, S.J.