Thursday, October 15, 2009

Feast of St. Teresa of Ávila

October 15, is the Feast of St. Teresa of Jesus (Teresa of Ávila, Spain), died 1582, Carmelite nun, prominant mystic, reformer, and Doctor of the Church.

"We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble."

- St. Teresa of Ávila

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