By means of the Liturgy…
God himself teaches us to go forward with our hand in His by means of the Church’s liturgy.
— Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Chosen for the cross…
One cannot desire freedom from the cross but one is especially chosen for the cross.
— Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Our vocation…
To stand before the face of the living God – that is our vocation.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Silent and responsible…
Those who remain silent are responsible.
— Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
To suffer and be happy…
To suffer and to be happy although suffering, to have one’s feet on the earth, to walk on the dirty and rough paths of this earth and yet to be enthroned with Christ at the Father’s right hand, to laugh and cry with the children of this world and ceaselessly to sing the praises of God with the choirs of angels this is the life of the Christian until the morning of eternity breaks forth.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Hours for listening…
We need hours for listening silently and allowing the Word of God to act on us until it moves us to bear fruit in an offering of praise and an offering of action. We need to have traditional forms and to participate in public and prescribed worship services so that our interior life will remain vital and on the right track, and so that it will find appropriate expression.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
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