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Describing his method of prayer to a spiritual director, Brother Lawrence explains that he came to a point of acceptance after years of prayer filled with anxiety: “I found myself changed all at once.”
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When St. Paul VI proclaimed Saint Teresa a Doctor of the Church he celebrated her gift of spiritual doctrine. Learning from Teresa, let us make ample space for prayer, which is that “intimate sharing between friends.”
Teresian scholar Father Kieran Kavanaugh, o.c.d. states that St. Teresa didn’t believe that in order to pray “it was sufficient to follow the rubrics and pronounce” the [Latin] words. Thus, she taught her nuns to be aware of the One to whom they were speaking.
In the Gospel reading for Third Sunday of Easter, Jesus asks Peter, "do you love me more than these?" Saint Thérèse explains in a letter that she makes Peter's response to Jesus her one and only prayer before the Tabernacle: "My God, you know that I love You."
Here are the beginning paragraphs of St. Teresa's commentary on the Lord's Prayer: "You desire that He consider us His children, because Your word cannot fail."
It was absolute solitude, that solitude in which God speaks to the heart
He does a good deal by leaving us in mental prayer
Your love, Lord, and the hatred of sin
Prayer can mean stretching out my hand, in the faith that he clasps my wrist
Mental prayer, in my opinion, is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends
I look forward with so much joy to the silence
The spiritual tradition of Carmel comes to our rescue
Imitate the silence of Saint Joseph
This method of keeping Christ present with us is beneficial in all stages
I do my work in simple faith before God, humbly and lovingly
Whoever flees prayer flees all that is good
Prayer is...
Christ prayed throughout His entire life, whereas He spent only three years preaching
Mental prayer is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends
She realized in a very real and personal way Jesus’ words: “I call you friends.”
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Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. ~ St. Teresa of Avila
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