O Lord, on the New Year’s eve, I do not want to make many promises, as through my previous experience, I know that I shall not fulfil any, or start but not perfect! I do not want to rely on myself; I know my weakness. I know I have many good intentions, “but to perform …
The love which does not sacrifice is a barren love, without fruit. Love is a productive mother that gives birth to numerous virtues such as compassion and affection, a word of encouragement and a word of consolation, attention and care, forgiveness and seeking the salvation of the soul. This is the spiritual love… Perhaps the …
The spiritual person who is known for the virtue of hope always has hope in all the particulars of his life, which grants him strength and joy: With regard to repentance and purity, he always has hope that God will pick him up however great his fall may be and will set him up. He …
“Blessed is he who in his heart constantly asks for you. From him runs life, so he be blessed! If you are sorrowful in your pleadings, you will rejoice in his presence! If you suffer so as to be able to see him with your tears and tribulations, then he will manifest his beauty inside …
Now I realize that I am not just one among billions! I am the object of Your love and personal care! My sin cast me on the road, like a discarded trash! No one to look at me or ask about me! No one to carry me out of the mud of the road and …