St. Teresa
St. Teresa
comparison consider cost divine gain greatness high number paid precious realize road royal seems setting shall taking time treasures wonder
Do not dismayed daughters, at the number of things which you have to consider before setting out on this divine journey, which is the royal road to heaven. By taking this road we gain such precious treasures that it is no wonder if the cost seems to us a high one. The time will come when we shall realize that all we have paid has been nothing at all by comparison with the greatness of our prizes.
alone attains dismay disturb finds god lacks patience strives
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices.
friends-or-friendship treat wonder
(said of God):If this is the way you treat your friends, it's no wonder you have so few!
creatures forget great hidden image inside remember secrets understand value
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We dont remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We dont understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
alone gives inspirational love worth
It is love alone that gives worth to all things
advice friendship prayer terms
Prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
aids god help
God aids the valiant...both to you and to me He will give the help needed.
although believe commit corners cute-love fail found gain hidden love midst occasions small sweet-love
It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found -- not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.
apostle paul silent text women
About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text only.
commit cure daily flower grow however ourselves plant shall spade tall time uproot water
If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure ourselves of it.
alone endurance god patient
Patient endurance attaineth to all things; who God possesseth in nothing is wanting; alone God sufficeth.
cannot free sin sins true
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same.
fulfill learn ourselves self-knowledge surrender
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can -- namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
bear fertile however mind
Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; and so it is with man's mind.