Saturday, November 24, 2012

Devotion for today: thoughts from St. Teresa of Avila

These are some beautiful excerpts from the various writings of St. Teresa of Avila in The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol.1, vol.2.
 

 

Oh, strong love of God! And how true it is that nothing seems impossible to the one who loves! Oh, happy the soul that has obtained this peace from its God, for it is master over all the trials and dangers of the world.

 

Let us praise Him, my daughters, for He has granted it to us, and let us not tire of praising so great a King and Lord. He has prepared for us a kingdom without end in exchange for a few little trials, which come wrapped in a thousand consolations and will end tomorrow. May He be forever blessed. Amen, Amen.

 

He will see that whoever loves Him much will be able to suffer much for Him; whoever loves Him little will be capable of little. I myself hold that the measure for being able to bear a large or small cross is LOVE.

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