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.
Teresa Of AvilaRead
For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Prayer is a way to establish a close and personal relationship with God.
Teresa of Avila emphasizes that prayer transcends mere ritualistic practices and is fundamentally about fostering a genuine friendship with God. This perspective highlights the importance of intimacy and connection in spiritual practices, suggesting that effective prayer involves an open and heartfelt dialogue with the divine.
Themes
PrayerFriendshipGodSpiritualityConnection
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about fostering personal relationships, one might say, 'As Teresa of Avila noted, prayer is about being in friendship with God, reminding us to nurture our connections with the divine.'
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What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?
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To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the Altar to give audience to all. All who desire You always find You there, and converse with You face to face
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If we do not use great care to mortify our will, there are many things which can deprives us of the holy freedom of spirit that we are seeking in order to fly more freely to our Creator, without always being bogged down with the clay of this earth. Moreover, there can never be solid virtue in a soul that is attached to its own will.
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I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round hell if by so doing he can make us believe that we have a single virtue which we have not. And he is right, for such ideas are very harmful, and such imaginary virtues, when they come from this source, are never unaccompanied by vainglory; just as those which God gives are free both from this and from pride.
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