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“You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.”

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Teresa of Avila, born on March 28, 1515, and died on October 4, 1582, was a Spanish mystic, nun, and theologian. She is a saint of the Catholic Church, renowned for her profound insights into mysticism and spiritual life. more

“Anyone who has the habit of speaking before God's majesty as if he were speaking to a slave, careless about how he is speaking, and saying whatever comes into his head and whatever he's learned from saying prayers at other times, in my opinion is not praying. Please, God, may no Christian pray in this way.”

Ifs Way May Christian Prayer Opinion Praying Habit Please Slave Saint Majesty Careless Saying A Prayer Saying Whatever

Author:Teresa of Avila

“I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.”

Want Grows Prayer Virtue Saint

Book:The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus

Source: The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus

“Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way to amend it, and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult.”

Way Difficult Prayer Saint Cease Wicked Amendments

Book:The Life of St. Teresa of Avila

Source: The Life of St. Teresa of Avila

“Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-however much the lips may move.”

May Persons Moving Prayer Reflection Asking Lips Saint Vocal

Book:The Wisdom of Teresa of Avila: Selections from the Interior Castle

Source: The Wisdom of Teresa of Avila: Selections from the Interior Castle

“One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off, and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer.”

Ifs Thinking Persons Suffering Prayer Tears Praying Saint Offering

Author:Teresa of Avila

“Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.”

Heart Said Whole Father Prayer Attention Catholic Accomplished Now And Then Our Prayers Our Father Haste Single Word

Author:Teresa of Avila

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