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.
TERESA OF AVILAWhen we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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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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Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Christ moves along the pots and pans.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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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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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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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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