It’s Lent 2013, and St Teresa of Avila is always a good read for Lent.
But then, she’s always a good spiritual read anytime.
To have courage for whatever comes in life—
everything lies in that.
— Teresa of Avila
Cemetery on the outskirts of Santa Elena.
“Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life, which is short and has to be lived by you alone; and there is only one Glory, which is eternal. If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing. “
St. Teresa of Avila
“Christ has no body now, but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth, but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which
Christ looks compassion into the world.
Yours are the feet
with which Christ walks to do good.
Yours are the hands
with which Christ blesses the world.”
“Let nothing trouble you,
let nothing frighten you.
All things are passing;
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
He who possesses God lacks nothing:
God alone suffices.”
Beautiful words. Thank you for posting.