Does Suffering Make you Stronger?
Often it is in the midst of the suffering that mystics see their greatest visions.
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Prayer, Saints
Teresa of Avila: Holding on to God
There are a lot of great quotations attributed to people who are not responsible for them.
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Saint Teresa, the Cloud Of Witnesses, and Chronic Pain
When I was 11 years old, I began having head splitting aches.
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Talking to God with Teresa of Avila
A priest friend once confessed to me that he had been years out of seminary before he realized that, throughout his life, he had spent all of his time talking about God rather than to God. He had been excited by the idea of God, by all the accoutrements around worship, and by the call to justice. In all his excitement, it took some time before he realized that he had missed the central piece.
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My God, protect me from gloomy saints
In anticipation of leaving our children for a period of four days with their stalwart grandparents, my husband and I
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