Ave Maria!— August’s Theme: Spiritual Aridity
23- “Sickness, lumps in the throat, caresses, holy flames, temptations, aridity and desolation are traits of the ineffable charity of God. And when the evil one wants to persuade you that you are victim of his assaults or of divine abandonment, do not believe him because he is suggesting that which is false to you, he wants to deceive you.”
24- “Knowing that you know yourself to be always resigned to the will of heaven fills my soul with a superlative joy. Well then, continue to trust and hope in the Lord even more, and He will know how, even in the midst of the extreme spiritual desolations, to console and sooth your pain, because certain crosses would seem intolerable.”
