Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
TERESA OF AVILAChrist moves along the pots and pans.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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From moment to moment one can bear much.
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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.
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
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If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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Pain is never permanent.
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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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