I am sorry. I am sorry for some of the intentions of my heart.

All of heaven rejoices when someone turns back to repentance, in even the smallest way.

The angels and saints ascend and descend on us all the time. Their power and the power of God is always present in our lives. When you hear them walk, you can tell that they are weighted down with great power.

You can never love to much. Love to a fault. Love Jesus to a fault (in a sense).

I keep myself in solitude whenever possible. Not for fear or lack of love or patience, but because I find peace in solitude. An external peace I can’t always find within myself. When you are in a spiritual battle, it can be difficult to find inner peace.

The Lord’s graces keep me standing. I will fall when the LORD decides it is my time. I will submit and go to where He sends me.

Remember: Do not judge things with your eyes. The spiritual world is one that works in unseen ways. And the LORD works in ways even unseen to the spiritual world.

It is good to be kind, desire goodness and peace, hope the best for and love our enemies – even the worst of them. Even when they give us no cause to.

I never needed to cling to my own life. Jesus is all that is needed. I can let it go. I can lay it down. But I cannot let go of Jesus. That is not an option. I have need of Him.

If He does send me away, then my first request is that He comes with me. Yet I need to be willing to keep His entire command.

I must fast and pray, even if it is only skipping one meal or going 24 hours without eating. Rejoice in the suffering it brings me.

I have found that in praying prayers like the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Rosary, it is alright to offer up your intentions all at once, in whatever way you see fit. The Lord will count it as if you have said the entire thing.

Lord if you ever told me “Let thy will be done” in my heart I would respond “My will is that yours be done Lord.” I desire nothing more or less. Though I am still learning to trust in your direction.

The biggest trial of judgment someone can make (spiritual or otherwise) is the decision of when to cut someone off from God in their own hearts – to cut them off from love. It is the biggest decision we are capable of making. Though God loves all.

I find more spiritual contentedness and happiness in praying for others, rather than myself.

I have learned to persist in prayer in desolation or spiritual dryness. Though sometimes distractions pull me away for a minute, the arrangement of my life always brings me back to the foot of the cross.

I would rather be with Him in suffering, than without Him and somehow believe I was content.

I hope He is greatly happy and at peace, or that He will be. I hope for the best in every way for Him.

His steadfast love endures forever. Nothing is too hard for Him. He is the Rock Eternal. Everlasting King and Prince of Peace. His kingdom has no end. We are His forever.

How can you ever judge a perspective that you won’t even try to understand?

Jesus, restore the love I lost in tribulation. I had the same love for Him in the tribulation as I had before in happiness.

When God shakes the heavens and earth, it is not so much about staying standing as much as it is about having faith, even if you fall.

In my dark hours, I don’t feel like I am willing to accept anymore mortification or suffering.

Greatness is found not in enlargement of self, but in humility.

Humiliation increases humility.

I realized that the mind’s first instinct is to neglect to offer for the reparations of other’s sins, sufferings you have failed to accept gracefully, or ones you had a negative reaction to. But now I know that not only are those sufferings an “even those ones” they are an ‘especially those ones I offer.” Those tend to be our hardest trials, even if the trial is simply patience or something trivial. It can have great effects when combined with Jesus’s trials and suffering. A receptive spirit can learn a lot from failing.

The Bible talks about eating from the body of Christ in an unworthy manner. But I believe that if someone looks inside themselves and finds the desire to be with Him and to do His will, then it is impossible for them to eat from the body of Christ unworthily. Those two things themselves are the very act of taking Him into you.

I sometimes feel that I have let down God in every way. But even if I did, if He still loves me, still saves me… then I can be certain He will never lose His love for me.

Forgiveness is a type of mercy, and mercy is a type of love.

Where there is repentance, there is forgiveness and mercy as a result. Where there is not repentance, there is still mercy. Where there is justice, there is a merciful judgment. There is calling on His mercy and then there is repentance. Both draw their power from the same source – the love of God. This means that even if the world does not repent, but calls on His mercy, it will receive it.

Because I turned away God, you were angry. Yet you did not deny me your love. Your love has been with me through it all. Patiently waiting for me, as I have been trying to you. Even when I fail, your gaze of love is still fixed on me.

If we were to understand your sadness at our fall, our greatest sorrow would come from not being obedient and faithful to you.

An hour of devotion in prayer can bring light to the mind and brighten ones circumstances. At the hour of death, our prayers for mercy become our shield of Jesus from wrath.

It is a great grace to be able to suffer for and with Jesus Christ.

I meditate on the Sorrowful mysteries most often. They are the ones that assure me the most of God’s mercy and love.

I prayed for mercy for all of creation, and especially mercy for my nation and children.

You should never hesitate to bring your every intention before His throne of mercy and blessings. The more you pray for, the greater the reach of healing and grace. Though I suppose God’s grace is ever present.

I have noticed the darkness widen and crush more within the past few days. The only difference this time is there were also external darkness widening. It overwhelmed me throughout, and I wasn’t faithful to Jesus in it, to my own sadness.

When Jesus Christ meets your disdain, hatred, disobedience, and distrust with His mercy and grace… this is the greatest and most obvious personal sign to a soul that He loves it. It is painful to have this experience.

I have come to understand the phrase “suffering is my daily bread” almost to the point of feeling lost in the oblivion of it. Suffering counts for nothing without Christ.

I feel an interior and holy light within me right now. I’d better pay attention, or it will try to slip away when I forget.

Well, I felt desolate there for a few days. I was begging Jesus for help. My interior light has recovered a little again.

To trust in the LORD with all thy heart – amid trials and temptations, not relying on one’s own power or knowledge….

It is better to bless His name. Say to yourself “Bless the Father, Bless the Son, Bless the Holy Spirit while making the sign of the cross. It is how the angels and saints showed me how to pray.