Close your door and seek…

Page: Quotes, Prayer (how), Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life), Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Enter the inner chamber of your mind; shut out all thoughts save that of God, and such as can aid you in seeking him; close your door and seek him. Believe me, if we neither possess nor strive to obtain this peace at home, we shall never find it abroad.                                              —Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Two kinds of prayer…

Contemplation, Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Quote Author, Quote Topic, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Such is the difference between the two kinds of prayer. The water running through the aqueducts resembles sensible devotion, which is obtained by meditation. We gain it by our thoughts, by meditating on created things, and by the labour of our minds. In short, it is the result of our endeavors, and so makes the commotion I spoke of, while profiting the soul. The other fountain, like divine consolations, receives the water from the source itself, which signifies God.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

The smallest act…

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Have a love that goes with special preference towards the humble and the poor, remembering that it is directly to Jesus that the smallest act of kindness and love is addressed when it is done to the least among his brothers and sisters. Welcome them with respect and love, be all the more considerate towards them, for they are the suffering members of Jesus’ body.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)