Saint Teresa of Avila

Saint Teresa of Alvia

Born: March 28, 1515, Alvia

Died: October 4, 1582, Alba de Tormes

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Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing;
God only is changeless.
Patience gains all things.
Who has God wants nothing.
God alone suffices.

Today is the feast day for Saint Teresa of Alvia.  The month of October has so many wonderful feast days that  it has been hard for me to keep up with.  Which is a good problem to have.  We are starting to acquire a good number of resources for the kids at the house.  The internet has  some amazing sights that can help too.  One of the ones I love is Charlotte at Waltzing Matilda.  She has coloring pages for most of the feast days.  You also need to check out Catholic Cuisine!  One of the contributers, Jessica, is a constant source of inspiration.  She is a second generation homeschooler.  Be prepared to feel completely inadequate;)

I like quotes and have a whole book of them.  Here are a few of Saint Teresa's more famous ones from Brainy Quote:

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. 

The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. 

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. 

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us. 

Pain is never permanent. (***need to remember this***) 

Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. 

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. 

God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person. 

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. 

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher. 

I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. 

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater. 

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted. 

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it. 

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.