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The year 1587 was decisive in the spiritual life of St Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi. On 17 September the Blessed Virgin appeared to the Saint and assured her that she had never offended God.
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On Holy Thursday, 1 April 1920, St Teresa of the Andes began to experience the first signs of her terminal illness, typhus. Nearly one year earlier, shortly after she entered Carmel, she wrote about her mystical introduction into the Passion of Christ.
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On Palm Sunday, 30 March 1572, when receiving Holy Communion, St. Teresa experienced the sensation of blood filling her mouth. “I felt that my face and all the rest of me were also covered with this blood.”
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In 1576, St. Teresa of Avila described her mystical experiences in an objective way. We share excerpts concerning an "impulse" with references to her writings that provide us with examples of this grace.
Within the first days of her postulancy, St. Teresa of the Andes made her confession to the spiritual director for the Carmel of Los Andes, Fray Avertano of the Most Blessed Sacrament, OCD. She writes: "I went to Confession to Father Avertano. I give thanks to God for having given me a director so learned and holy."
Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew was beatified on this date in 1917. Pope Benedict XV invoked her as a "defender of the peace" in the midst of World War I
The chief among Teresa’s virtues was the love of God, which our Lord Jesus Christ increased by means of many visions and revelations. She not only submitted all her exterior actions to the judgment of her superiors with the greatest humility of spirit but also all her thoughts.
St. Edith Stein tells the story of how St. Teresa became the prioress of the Monastery of the Incarnation in Avila amid a great furor 450 years ago
The Saint heard a voice: "I am Teresa of Jesus-I want you among my daughters."
During that time of unusual demonstrations of grace and of the most severe tests, Teresa also received a visible sensory image of the glowing love that pierced her heart.
My tearful eyes began to fix themselves on a picture of the Sacred Heart, and I heard a very sweet voice say to me...
Our Lord told me He desires me to allow myself to be guided entirely by the Holy Spirit
Truly, truly, truly I say to you: Whoever calls upon the Holy Spirit will seek me and find me
I would ask our Father for an indult that in all of our monasteries of the discalced nuns this feast could be celebrated with solemnity
The Lord helps us, strengthens us, and never fails; He is a true friend.
At that time Father Francis came to this place. He had been the Duke of Gandía...
This is the trait of humble people: They do not dare deal with God independently
St Teresa felt God tearing out her insides and burning her heart with the fire of Love
The doctrine of Teresa of Avila shines through the charisms
I will lead you, myself, to the place where you will be a religious
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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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