Full of trust…
Jesus has shown me the only way that leads to the fire of divine love: it is that of a little child who, full of trust, falls asleep in his Father’s arms. –Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Voluntary expiatory suffering…
Thus, when someone desires to suffer, it is not merely a pious reminder of the suffering of the Lord. Voluntary expiatory suffering is what truly and really unites one to the Lord intimately. When it arises, it comes from an already existing relationship with Christ. For, by nature, a person flees from suffering.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Leave it with God…
And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it with Him.
— Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
The Lord knows best…
The Lord knows best what is needful for us. What He does, He does for our good. If we really knew just how much He loves us, we would always be willing to receive anything from His hand. We would receive the bitter and the sweet without distinction. Anything, yes everything would please us just because it came from Him.
–Frank Laubach (1884-1970)
Say grace before…
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.
–GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
Confidence in God…
We can never have too much confidence in the good God who is so powerful and so merciful. We obtain from Him as much as we hope for.
–Saint Therese Lisieux (1873-1897)
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