Lent with ven. M. Celeste Crostarosa

 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me (Luke 9, 32)

“Beloved purity of My heart, you warm Me when you suffer cold; you dress me with the habit of Your internal mortification; you feed Me when you fast;

you give Me sleep when you are silent in prompt silence at every time, speaking only when necessity alone requires; you sing Me a sweet canticle of love when you are united to My divine joy in your continuous aspirations; you embrace Me tightly when you overcome your weaknesses, indispositions and bodily infirmities to serve Me; you kiss Me with every act of charity you do for Me and for your neighbour; you give Me a mouthful of honey every time you do some act of meekness and humility, either external or internal; and with your confidence, dependence and present diligence you confine Me closely under lock and key in your heart” (M. Celeste Crostarosa, Dialogue 9).