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Let us make an unconditional surrender of self to God, and seek to do a little more for him than is strictly required. Let us say, “Lord, you are enough for me; you and your cross.” The cross in some form or other will always be with us. It may come from our superiors. It…

Though Christ called himself ‘the way,’ in another sense he’s our end, our destination. Don’t settle down somewhere on the way so that you never come to the end. Whatever else you come to on life’s journey, pass on by it, until you come to the end, Christ himself. Some seek money. Don’t let it…

We must take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you’re kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to God. You must follow after him in your thoughts. You must walk his ways by…

Teach me Lord to be gentle in the events of life, in disappointments, in the thoughtlessness of others, in the insincerity of those on whom I relied. Let me put myself aside, to think of the happiness of others, to hide my little pains and heartaches, so that I may be the only one to…

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing. God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. – St. Teresa of Avila  

St. Paul teaches that this life of ours is like traveling abroad from our home country. He says, As long as we are in the body, we are traveling away from the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:6). Since we are still traveling in a foreign land, we ought to keep in mind what our home country…

Dear Lord, you have made us present to yourself by perpetually destroying all the idols in us and around us. We want to worship them but they turn us to stone. It is because you alone are our infinite goal that we have an immense movement of hope ahead of us. If we totally believed…

Place all your hope in the heart of Jesus; it is a safe haven; for he who trusts in God is sheltered and protected by his mercy. To this firm hope, join the practice of virtue, and even in this life you will begin to taste the ineffable joys of Paradise. – St. Bernard of…

October 15 The Feast Day of St. Teresa of Avila Let your desire be to see God; your fear, that you may lose him; your sorrow, that you are not having fruition of him; your joy, that he can bring you to himself. Thus you will live in great peace. – St. Teresa of Avila

It is a great advantage to have a room or a corner of a room . . . reserved for the discipline of solitude . . .There we dwell in the presence of the Lord. Although the discipline of solitude asks us to set aside time and space, what finally matters is that our hearts…