Monday Memo: St. Teresa of Avila

Today's quotes come from St. Teresa of Avila because she is my confirmation saint, and a woman dear to my heart - and today is her feast day! Happy feast day of St. Teresa of Avila, my dear brothers and sisters! She was one of the first female doctors of the church, and reformed the Carmelite Order, she was a woman of great courage and wisdom. May we seek her intercession always!

"Whenever we think of Christ we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him. For if at some time the Lord should grant us the grace of impressing His love on our hearts, all will become easy for us and we shall accomplish great things quickly and without effort." 

“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.” 
-St Teresa of Avila

Pain is never permanent -St. Teresa if Avila

what matters is not whether or no we wear a religious habit; it is whether we try to practise the virtues, and make a complete surrender of our wills to God and order our lives as His Majesty ordains: let us desire that not our wills, but His will, be done" -St Teresa of Avila

We shall never succeed in knowing ourselves unless we seek to know God."-St. Teresa of Avila