Quote/s of the Day – 15 October – St Teresa of Jesus of Avila OCD (1515-1582) Virgin
“Why should I fear the Judgement
when my Judge will be my Best Friend?”
“He gives according to the love He bears us …,
according to the courage He sees in each
and the love each has for His Majesty.
He will see, that whoever loves Him much,
will be able to suffer much for Him;
whoever loves Him little,
will be capable of little.
I myself hold,
that the measure for being able to bear,
a large or small cross, is love …”
“Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations,
Baptising them in the Name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”
Matthew 28:19-20
“But, if Each One is distinct,
how can we say that the Three are One Essence?
For this is what we believe.
This is deepest truth and I would die for it
a thousand times.
In these Three Persons
there is but One Will and One Power and One Might; neither can One be without the Others.
There is One Sole Creator of all created things.
Could the Son create an ant without the Father?
No! because Their Power is One.
The same is to be said of the Holy Ghost.
Thus, there is one God Almighty
and the Three Persons are One Majesty.
Is it possible to love the Father without loving the Son
and the Holy Ghost?
No, for those who please One of the Three Persons,
please all Three Persons and those who offend One,
offend all.
Can the Father exist without the Son
and without the Holy Ghost?
No, for they are One in Being and where One is,
there are the Three; they cannot be divided.”
AND by St Teresa’s Confessor,
St Peter of Alcantara OFM (1499-1562) Confessor:
“Strain not after tears,
strive not for sentiments of devotion,
do not force your heart.
Rest rather in interior solitude.
Dwell therein quietly, waiting
until God’s will be accomplished in you.
When it shall please Him to send you tears,
oh, how sweet will those tears be,
for is not your impatience
which has secured them –
they are the fruits of humility and of peace.
On your part, then, you must receive them
with the deepest self-effacement,
allowing God to work in you.”
St Teresa, who has written much in his praise,
says among other things:
“He died as he had lived, a Saint
and I have, after his death, received
many graces from God, through his intercession.
I have often seen him in great glory
and when I saw him the first time,
he said to me:
‘O happy penance, which has obtained
so great a glory for me!‘”
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St Teresa of Jesus of Avila (1515-1582)
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