Saturday, April 28, 2012

"Here in the tiny Host
I find the fruit of love."
~ St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
"The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us - that is all He asks."
St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Source of peace, Light,
come an enlighten me.
I am hungry, come and nourish me.
I am thirsty, come and quench my thirst.
I am blind, come and give me light.
I am poor, come and enrich me.
~Bl. Mary of Jesus Crucified (The Little Arab)

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Everyday I went to Communion and talked with Jesus for a long time, but my special devotion was the Virgin. I told her everything. From that day on the earth no longer held any attraction for me...
~St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes from her Diary (6)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Do not engage yourself in something less or pay heed to the crumbs that fall from your Father's table. Go forth and exult in your Glory! Hide yourself in it and rejoice, and you will obtain the supplications of your heart.
~ St. John of the Cross from Prayer of a Soul Taken with Love

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Oh, that my words might not fall on dry ground, and that in your next letter you'd tell that you do join me every day in Communion. To me, it's inconceivable that, yearning for happiness, you don't search for Jesus. After Communion we have everything. We have Him whole and entire, because we have God who is our heaven in this exile. You will tell me that you feel nothing of this happiness. But I ask you: how have you prepared for it? Have you delved into God's grandeur, into the infinite love He demonstrates by reducing Himself to a host? When you go to Communion, reflect on what you are about to do: receive a completely eternal Being who doesn't need you, since He is all powerful, an immense Being before whom the angels with their purity tremble. He comes, filled with infinite love for you, a poor creature full of sin and misery. Among the many people in the world, you are honored with a visit by that great King. Still more, that you may draw near to receive Him, He casts aside His splendor, and, under the form of bread, the simplest form of nourishment, He unites Himself to His poor creature and makes Himself one with her. And while He's afire with infinite love, she remains cold and indifferent and shows no gratitude for so signal a favor.
Forgive my sermon, but I love you so much and desire that you become really good, and for this we must go to Communion. Some day, when we meet in heaven, which we'll win by God's mercy, you'll thank me for having begged you to go to daily communion every day, since you'll understand that it contains the seed of eternal life...
St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes from her Letters

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

"How sweet it was, the first kiss of Jesus to my soul! Yes, it was a kiss of Love. I felt I was loved, and I too said: 'I love Thee, I give myself to Thee forever!' Jesus asked nothing of me, demanded no sacrifice. Already for a long time past, He and the little Therese had watched and understood one another... That day our meeting was no longer a simple look but a fusion. No longer were we two: Therese had disappeared as the drop of water which loses itself in the depths of the ocean, Jesus alone remained; the Master, the King! Had not Therese begged Him to take away from her, her liberty? That liberty made her afraid; so weak, so fragile did she feel herself that she longed to be united forever to Divine Strength."

~St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face from Story of A Soul

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Each day Jesus nourishes me with His adorable Body and, together with this delicate food, I hear a sweet and soft voice like the harmonious echoes of the angels of heaven. This a the voice that guides me, that loosens the sails of the ship of my soul. And in my pains, in my temptations, He is my Consoler, He is my Captain.
St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes from her Diary