Aflame by God’s love…
The soul must long for God in order to be set aflame by God’s love; but if the soul cannot yet feel the longing, then it must long for the longing. To long for the longing is also from God.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
The more you abandon yourself…
Love God the same way in everything. Love God as quickly in poverty as in wealth. Seek God in sickness as well as in health. Look for God when you are tempted, and look for him when you’re not tempted. Discover God in suffering and in pleasantness. It is like carrying two buckets. If one is heavy, the other feels lighter. The more you abandon yourself, the easier it will be to abandon. If you love God, you will be able to renounce the whole earth as though it were an egg. The more you give, the easier it is to give. The followers of Christ discovered that the heavier their suffering, the easier they could endure it.
— Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
By means of the Liturgy…
God himself teaches us to go forward with our hand in His by means of the Church’s liturgy.
— Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Chosen for the cross…
One cannot desire freedom from the cross but one is especially chosen for the cross.
— Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
What women are…
The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Our vocation…
To stand before the face of the living God – that is our vocation.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
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