“Mental prayer is nothing else than an intimate friendship, a frequent heart-to-heart conversation with Him by whom we know ourselves to be loved.”
St. Teresa of Avila (via versolalto)
(Source: a-ladder-to-the-stars)
Let nothing trouble you
Let nothing frighten you
Everything passes
God never changes
Patience obtains all
Whoever has God
Wants for nothing
God alone is enough.
- St. Teresa of Avila
“All difficulties in prayer have just one cause: praying as if God were not there”
St. Teresa of Avila (via crusadermaximus)
“Love consists not in the extent of our happiness, but in the firmness of our determination to try and please God in everything, and to endeavor, in all possible ways, not to offend him.”
St. Teresa of Avila (via scripturereflection)
(Source: sermoveritas)
“Prayer is an act of love, words are not needed. Even if sickness or pains distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.”
St. Teresa of Avila (via thefullnessofthefaith)
“Once the Lord told me that I was not obeying, unless I was determined to suffer. I must fix my eyes on all that he had suffered and I should find everything easy.”
St Teresa of Ávila (via catholicinspiration)
(Source: catholic-inspiration)
“You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.”
St. Teresa of Avila (via catholicanswers)
(Source: askthecatholic)
“Never address your words to God while you are thinking of something else.” St. Teresa of Avila
Tough, but worth it.
