Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.
TERESA OF AVILAAbout the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
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