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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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Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.
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All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
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Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.
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Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire . . . The best effects are those that are followed up by actions-when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really strives for it.
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God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
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Patient endurance / Attaineth to all things.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness His purity shows us our foulness and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
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From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
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For, as I said a little way back, perfect souls are in no way repelled by trials, but rather desire them and pray for them and love them. They are like soldiers: the more wars there are, the better they are pleased, because they hope to emerge from them with the greater riches.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.
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