“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

For Reflection:

How can I bring myself into the presence of God? What personal mental image can I use to help me do so?

Padre Pio’s Spiritual Direction for Every Day 

Gianluigi Pasquale 
Pb 272 pgs
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January 5  page 3

Keep the crucified Jesus in your heart, and all the crosses of the world will seem like roses to you. Those who have felt the pricks of the crown of thorns of the Savior, who is our head, will not in any way feel other wounds.