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About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text only.

Teresa of Avila

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Remember that you have only one soul that you have only one death to die that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Life is to life in such a way that we are not afraid to die.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works.
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Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.
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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?
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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God, deliver me from sullen saints.
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Love turns work into rest.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
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No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
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In order that love be fully satisfied, It is necessary that It lower Itself and that It lower Itself to nothingness and transform this nothingness into fire.
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.
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Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!
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If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.
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