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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.

Teresa of Avila

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.
TERESA OF AVILA

Accomplishment Attention Father Heart Ourselves Repeat Time
Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Fact God Lost Risk
Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.
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Affirmation True
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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Better Command Existence God Ourselves Perfection True
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Feeling God Journey
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
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Himself Need Search Wings
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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Body God Hands Heart Love Myself Prayer Walk Work
Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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Different Oneself Place Unity Window
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
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See Sight Yourself
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
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Importance Journey Spiritual
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Fruit Run Tree Water
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Force God Himself Ourselves Willing
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Body Hands Lame Prayer Soul
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Castle Diamond Heaven Home Myself Soul Thinking
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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Disappoint Obedience Remember Yourself

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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