October 14th
“Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray the Rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.”
-St. Padre Pio
October 13th
“I suffered many years from this trial – and it is a very great one – of not being able to quiet the mind in anything.”
-St. Teresa of Avila
October 12th
“We need to be thoroughly convinced of the fact that all God asks of us, in this conversation, is good will. A soul pestered by distractions, who patiently comes back each day, like a good child, to talk with God, is making first-rate mental prayer. God supplies all our deficiencies.”
Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard, OCSO
October 11th
“Prayer’s worth and progress depend not so much on growth in quantity as on increase in quality”
-Fr. Segundo Galilea
October 8th
“Advancing communion with God does not happen in isolation from the rest of life.”
-Fr. Thomas Dubay, Fire Within
October 6th
“The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.”
-St. Teresa of Avila
