Maria Lucia Tcherassi, OCDS @matcherassi

“So this is how we want to bring our gifts to the Lord: We lay them in the hands of the Mother of God. This first Saturday' is particularly dedicated to her honor, and nothing can give her most pure heart greater joy than an ever deeper surrender to the Divine Heart.” (Edith Stein. The Hidden Life )

“The highest perfection consists not in interior favours or in great raptures or in visions or in the spirit of prophecy, but in the bringing of our wills so closely into conformity with the will of God that, as soon as we realize He wills anything, we desire it ourselves with all our might, and take the bitter with the sweet, knowing that to be His Majesty's will.” (Saint Teresa of Jesus. The book of The Foundations. Chap V)

”With respect to the virtue of obedience, to which I am very devoted… I could mention many things that I saw there. One thing comes to mind now, and the incident came about in the refectory one day when they served us helpings of cucumbers. My portion consisted of one that was very thin and rotten inside. Secretly, I called a Sister, one of those with greater intelligence and talents, to test her obedience and told her to go and plant the cucumber in a little vegetable garden we had. She asked me if she should plant it upright or sideways. I told her sideways. She went out and planted it, without the thought entering her mind that the cucumber would only dry up. Rather, since she planted it out of obedience, she blinded natural reason so as to believe that what she did was very appropriate.” (St. Teresa of Jesus. The Book of Her Foundations. Chapter 1)

“Listen to ill of no one and speak ill of no one save of yourself: when you begin to like doing this, you are making good progress.” (Maxims of the Mother Teresa of Jesus written to her nuns)

“… he doesn't force our will, he takes what we give him; but he doesn't give himself completely until we give ourselves completely. “ (Saint Teresa of Jesus. The way of Perfection. Chap 28.12)

“God is very pleased to see a soul that humbly takes His son as mediator and that loves this Son so much that even when His Majesty desires to raise it to very lofty contemplation, as I have said, it is aware of its unworthiness, saying with St. Peter: Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” (St. Teresa of Jesus. The Book of Her Life. Chapter 22,11)

“On occasion there come over me such ardent desires to receive Communion that I don't think they could be exaggerated. They came upon me one morning when it was raining so hard it seemed impossible to leave the house. When I was outside the house, I was already so outside myself with the desire for Communion that even should lances have been held to my heart I think I'd have gone into their midst; how much more into the midst of rain.” (St. Teresa of Jesus. Life. Chapter 39.22)

“For, in the final analysis, by proceeding with humility, through the mercy of God, we will reach that city of Jerusalem, where all that has been suffered will be little, or nothing, in comparison with what is enjoyed.” (St. Teresa of Jesus. The Book of Her Foundations. Chap. 4)

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“Well, going about with such great affliction, while I was in prayer one night, our Lord represented Himself to me in His usual way. He showed me much love, manifesting His desire to comfort me, and said: "Wait a little, daughter, and you will see great things." (St. Teresa of Jesus. Foundations. Chap. 1.8)

“Faith and the love of pleasing God make possible what to natural reason is not possible.” (St. Teresa of Jesus. The Book of Her Foundations. Chap. 2.4)

“On festivals of the saints, think of their virtues and beg the Lord to bestow them on you.” (Maxims of the Mother Teresa of Jesus written to her nuns)

“Detach your heart from all things: seek God and you will find him” (St. Teresa of Jesus. Maxims to her nuns)

"While I was at prayer, the Lord said to me; 'Daughter, obedience gives strength'" (St. Teresa of Jesus. The Book of Her Foundations. Prologue, 2)

“When we are more determined we are less confident of ourselves, for confidence must be placed in God.” (St. Teresa of Jesus. The Way of Perfection. Chapter 41.4)

“Do not think, my friends and daughters, that I shall burden you with many things…I shall enlarge on only three things …it is very important that we understand how much the practice of these three things helps us to possess inwardly and outwardly the peace our Lord recommended so highly to us. The first of these is love for one another; the second is detachment from all created things; the third is true humility, which, even though I speak of it last, is the main practice and embraces all the others.” (St. Teresa of Jesus. The Way of Perfection. Chap. 4.4)

“..And while I was feeling really desolate, the Lord said to me: "Don't you know that I am mighty? What do you fear?" (Saint Teresa of Jesus. Life. Chapter 36)

“If I were a person who had to advise others, I would never recommend anyone, when a good inspiration comes to him again and again, to hesitate to put it into practice because of fear; for, if one lives a life of detachment for God's sake alone, there is no reason to be afraid that things will turn out amiss, since He is all powerful. May He be blessed for ever. Amen.” (Saint Teresa of Jesus. Life. Chap. 4)

“…Love is the genuine fruit of prayer when prayer is rooted in humility.” (St. Teresa of Jesus. The book of Her Life. Chap. 10)

“Those who truly love God, love every good, desire every good, favor every good, praise every good. They always join, favor, and defend good people. They have no love for anything but truth and whatever is worthy of love. Do you think it is possible for a person who really loves God to love vanities? No, indeed, he cannot; nor can he love riches, or worldly things, or delights, or honors, or strife, or envy. All of this is so because he seeks only to please the Beloved. These persons go about dying so that their Beloved might love them, and thus they dedicate their lives to learning how they might please Him more.” (The way of perfection - Chap 40)