Die of love…

How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His divine blood for us drop by drop? When as man He was preparing for death, He made Himself our food in order to give us life. God becomes food, bread for his creatures. Is this not enough to make us die of love?

— Saint Teresa of Avila  (1515-1582)

 

The end of our journey…

We are preparing ourselves for the time, which will come very soon, when we shall find ourselves at the end of our journey and shall be drinking of living water from the fountain I have described. Unless we make a total surrender of our will to the Lord, and put ourselves in His hands so that He may do in all things what is best for us in accordance with His will, He will never allow us to drink of it.
–Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582)

He is near us…

All I want is that we should know and abide with the Person with Whom we are speaking, and not turn our backs upon Him; for that, it seems to me, is what we are doing when we talk to God and yet think of all kinds of vanity. The whole mischief comes from our not really grasping the fact that He is near us, and imagining Him far away — so far, that we shall have to go to Heaven in order to find Him.                                                              
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Why worry?

Turn your eyes upon yourself and look at yourself inwardly….You will find your Master; He will not fail you: indeed, the less outward comfort you have, the greater the joy He will give you. He is full of compassion and never fails those who are afflicted and out of favor if they trust in Him alone….Either you believe this or you do not: if you do, as you should, why do you wear yourselves to death with worry?
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)