The Need for Important Things...

It is not necessary to have important things to do.  I flip my little omelet in the frying pan for the love of God, and when it's done, if I have nothing to do, I prostrate myself on the floor and adore my God who gave me the grace to do it, after which I get up happier than a king.

-- The Ways of Br. Lawrence, #10

Mariam's Prayer...

Holy Spirit, inspire me.

Love of God, consume me.

To the right path lead me.

Mary my mother, look down upon me.

With Jesus, bless me.

From all evil, all illusion, all danger, preserve me.

 

-- St. Mariam of Jesus Crucified, 1869 

 

 

The Natural Vocation of Woman...

The image of the Mother of God shows us clearly which attitudes of the soul of the woman correspond to her natural vocation. 

In relation to man: obedience, confidence and participation in his life which favors his objective duties and the development of his personality; in relation to the babe: faithful protection, care, and development of the talents bestowed on him by God; and for both one and the other: complete gift of self and promptness in withdrawing into silence when she is not needed.

-- St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Essays on Woman #55
 

 

No Words Necessary....

 

 

Epiphany Sunday

 

Saw this little picture on a church bulletin -- it was Epiphany Sunday.

 

From Wikipedia:

Epiphany (/ɪˈpɪfəni/ i-PIFF-ə-nee), also Theophany, Little Christmas, or Three Kings' Day, is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God incarnate as Jesus Christ. In Western Christianity, the feast commemorates principally (but not solely) the visit of the Magi to the Christ child, and thus Jesus' physical manifestation to the Gentiles.

My Special Devotion...

Every day 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...

~Diary, St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes 

 

 

The Fruit of Love

 

 Here in the tiny Host I find the fruit of love...

-- St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face