Holy Mother Teresa, look down from heaven and see; visit this vineyard of yours, and perfect what your right hand has planted.
15 October: SAINT TERESA OF JESUS OUR MOTHER
Quote of the day, 16 October: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
I was suffering a lot, I was thinking that soon perhaps earth would no longer be for me, for truly my poor body is very sick, and I said to myself: "You are the happy one."
Quote of the day, 15 October: St. Teresa of Avila
The ninth poem in the generally acknowledged collection of St. Teresa's poetry is her brief meditation 'On Patience' called 'Nada Te Turbe'. We present two English translations and a commentary by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D.
Quote of the day, 14 October: Jessica Powers
What could the wise Teresa have been thinking to set these bounds on even my little love? This walling, barring, minimizing, shrinking— how could her great Castilian heart approve?
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 9
St. Teresa concludes that when we sell out to God's will, we become his slaves, just as he became a slave through obedience for our sake; so she says that it matters not how much time we spend praying or working — obedience is key.
Quote of the day, 13 October: St. Edith Stein
I will now be allowed to spend the feast of St. Teresa as her child. Tomorrow morning I enter the Carmel of Cologne-Lindenthal.
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 8
True union with God, St. Teresa says, is union of our wills with His. She states that lack of obedience is an indicator of the presence of self-will and self-love. "Make your will one with God's. This is the union that I desire and would want for all of you."
Quote of the day, 12 October: Paul-Marie of the Cross, O.C.D.
To Saint Teresa, Carmel owes its élan and its psychology. Carmelite psychology was always realistic. Under the reformer’s influence it became more so.
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 7
St. Teresa speaks plainly today: in order to acquire the treasure of perfect conformity to God's will "there is no better way than to dig and toil in order to excavate from this mine of obedience."
Quote of the day, 11 October: Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
Letting ourselves be conquered by the loving gaze of Jesus is the beginning of a new and eternal life.
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 6
St. Teresa proposes obedience as the solution to the "interior battle" between our self-will and God's will for us: "it means making Him Lord over the free will He has given us."
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 5
Having stated previously that "there is no path that leads more quickly to the highest perfection than obedience," today St. Teresa intends to explain why, in her opinion, obedience "is the quickest or best means for reaching this most happy state."
Quote of the day, 10 October: St. John of the Cross
We can understand that the very loving light and wisdom into which the soul will be transformed is what in the beginning purges and prepares it, just as the fire that transforms the wood
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 4
St. Teresa drives to the heart of her teaching on prayer, obedience, and perfection: "there is no path that leads more quickly to the highest perfection than obedience."
Quote of the day, 9 October: Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew
"They then re-entered their carriages and started for Saint Denis, where they visited the church and the relics of the Abbey." The story of the founding of the first Teresian Carmel in France
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 3
St. Teresa reflects on the example of the layman she met and how "the fulfillment of the duties of obedience and charity" led to an amazing "improvement in spiritual things". Her conclusion is that "the Lord walks among the pots and pans" to help us.
Quote of the day, 8 October: St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
A priest has to approach God with a humble heart because he has received everything from God.
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 2
Telling the story of a layman she knows, St. Teresa explains that we can practice obedience and the trials and distractions that result do not disturb our prayer because the Lord repays us well.
Quote of the day, 7 October: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity writes to a special friend on the first Sunday of October, playing matchmaker barely one month before her death. Are we surprised?
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 1
In matters touching on obedience He doesn't want the soul who truly loves Him to take any other path than the one He did: obediens usque ad mortem.
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