Happy Feast of St. Teresa of Avila. Selected quotes below from the great reformer of the Carmelites and Doctor of the Church. Oh how we love her. Apply these gems to yourself, exactly as you find yourself in today’s battlespace:
“Trust God that you are where you are meant to be.”
“It is certain that the love of God does not consist in experiencing sweetness or tenderness of heart but in truly serving God in justice, strength and humility.”
“God aids the valiant…both to you and to me He will give the help needed.”
“It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found / not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.”
“Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with Him continually, and you will not sin, will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.”
“I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me. May He be blessed for ever! Amen.”
“To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.”
“How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?”
“Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life…. If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.”
“We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can, namely, surrender our will and fulfill God’s will in us.”
“Let nothing disturb thee, nothing affright thee; all things are passing; God never changeth.”
“Time is but a shadow, a dream; already God sees us in glory and takes joy in our eternal beatitude. How this thought helps my soul! I understand then why He lets us suffer….”
“More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.”
“What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!”
“To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that.”
Happy feast! -nvp
Thank you for the post about St. Tjeresa of Avila .
She’s just Great.
Thanks.