On the feast of the Nativity of our Lady, I feel special joy. When this day comes, I think it’s good to renew my vows.
And once while I was about to do so, the Blessed Virgin, our Lady, appeared to me through an illuminative vision; and it seems to me I renewed them in her hands and that they were pleasing to her.
This vision remained with me for some days, as though she were next to me at my left.
Saint Teresa of Avila
Spiritual Testimonies, 43
Seville, 8 September 1575
Renewal of vows in our Lady’s hands
Teresa of Avila, St. 1985, The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K; Rodriguez, O, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
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