Once, when she was travelling to one of her convents, St. Teresa of Ávila was knocked off her donkey and fell into the mud, injuring her leg. “Lord,”… - Teresa of Ávila

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Once, when she was travelling to one of her convents, St. Teresa of Ávila was knocked off her donkey and fell into the mud, injuring her leg. “Lord,” she said, “you couldn’t have picked a worse time for this to happen. Why would you let this happen?”

And the response in prayer that she heard was, “That is how I treat my friends.”

Teresa answered, “And that is why you have so few of them!

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About Teresa of Ávila

Saint Teresa of Avila (Teresa de Jesús) (28 March 1515 – 4 October 1582), born Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a Spanish mystic philosopher and Catholic saint.

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Native Name: Teresa de Ávila Teresia Abulensis
Alternative Names: Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada Teresa de Jesús Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada Teresa Avil̔skaia Tereza Saint Teresa of Jesus Saint Teresa of Ávila Teresa de, Saint Cepeda y Ahumada Saint Teresia a Jesu Saint Teresa di Gesù Teresa Sanchez de Cepeda y Ahumada Saint Thérèse de Jésus Saint Theresa de Jesus Saint Theresia von Jesus Theresa, Saint De Cepeda Saint Teresa Teresa of Avila Saint Teresa of Avila Teresa de Jesus Saint Teresa di Gesu Saint Therese de Jesus Theresa of Avila Theresa

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¡Oh gran ganancia, no querer ganar por nuestro parecer para no temer pérdida, pues nunca permite Dios la tenga el bien mortificado, sino para ganar más!

I know a person who, though no poet, composed some verses in a very short time, which were full of feeling and admirably descriptive of her pain: they did not come from her understanding, but, in order the better to enjoy the bliss which came to her from such delectable pain, she complained of it to her God. She would have been so glad if she could have been cut to pieces, body and soul, to show what joy this pain caused her. What torments could have been set before her at such a time which she would not have found it delectable to endure for her Lord's sake?

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