May 2012
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“What did not lie in my plan lay in God’s plan. And the more often...”
– St. Edith Stein
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“God loves us far more than we love ourselves.”
– St. Terese of Avila
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“You cannot be half a saint. You must be a whole saint or no saint at all.”
– St. Therese of Lisieux (via fathershane)
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“Even if you are not afraid to fall alone, how do you presume that you will rise...”
– St. John of the Cross
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“Where is God? How can we love him? It is not enough to say, “My God, I...”
– Mother Teresa
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Saint Teresa of Avila
St Teresa, whose name was Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was born in Avila, Spain, in 1515. In her autobiography she mentions some details of her childhood: she was born into a large family, her “father and mother, who were devout and feared God”, into a large family. She had three sisters and nine brothers.
While she was still a child and not yet nine years old she had the opportunity to read the...
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“Peace begins with a smile…..”
– Mother Teresa
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Saint John of the Cross
John of the Cross was born in 1542 in the small village of Fontiveros, near Avila in Old Castille, to Gonzalo de Yepes and Catalina Alvarez. The family was very poor because his father, Gonzalo, from a noble family of Toledo, had been thrown out of his home and disowned for marrying Catalina, a humble silk weaver.
Having lost his father at a tender age, when John was nine he moved with his mother...
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“Unwavering”
by Matt Maher
Blessed are the...
