Wise Words on Wednesday: St. Teresa of Avila
“Let nothing upset you, Let nothing startle you. All things pass; God does not change. Patience wins all it seeks. Whoever has God lacks nothing: God alone is enough” – St. Teresa of Avila
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
“Let nothing upset you, Let nothing startle you. All things pass; God does not change. Patience wins all it seeks. Whoever has God lacks nothing: God alone is enough” – St. Teresa of Avila
“Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees”
– William Cowper
“The one who has hope lives differently; the one who hopes has been granted the gift of a new life” – Pope Benedict XVI, Spe Salvi
I’ve got my mum visiting this week, so I thought it’d be nice to do a quotation from someone else who also had a great mum…
“The price of eternal happiness is nothing but yourself; so give yourself totally to it and you shall have it” – St. Augustine
“The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist”
– Pope St. Gregory the Great
“No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. “
– Thomas Merton