33 Days to Merciful Love Quotes

“(1) Recognize the darkness: Recognize the darkness of our littleness and brokenness. (2) Keep trying: Keep trying to grow in holiness and do little things with great love. (3) Keep trusting: Keep trusting and believing that God will satisfy our desires for holiness, even if we don’t yet fully understand how.”
― Michael Gaitley, 33 Days to Merciful Love: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration

“Thérèse’s word in Letter 197 that “it is confidence and nothing but confidence that must lead us to Love.”
― Michael Gaitley, 33 Days to Merciful Love: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration

“Man, tempted by the devil, let his trust in his Creator die in his heart and, abusing his freedom, disobeyed God’s command. This is what man’s first sin consisted of. All subsequent sin would be disobedience toward God and lack of trust in his goodness.6”
― Michael Gaitley, 33 Days to Merciful Love: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration

“It is not because God, in His anticipating Mercy, has preserved my soul from mortal sin that I go to Him with confidence and love.”
― Michael Gaitley, 33 Days to Merciful Love: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration