| FAITH Better to look up than down |
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Pay great attention, daughters, to this point which I shall now make,
because sometimes thinking yourselves so wicked may be humility and
virtue and at other times a very great temptation. I have had experience
of this, so I know it is true. Humility, however deep it be, neither
disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by
peace, joy and tranquility. Although, on realizing how wicked we are,
we can see clearly that we deserve to be in hell, and are distressed by
our sinfulness, and rightly think that everyone should hate us, yet, if
our humility is true, this distress is accompanied by an interior peace
and joy of which we should not like to be deprived. Far from disturbing
or depressing the soul, it enlarges it and makes it fit to serve God
better. The other kind of distress only disturbs and upsets the mind
and troubles the soul, so grievous is it. I think the devil is anxious for us
to believe that we are humble, and, if he can, to lead us to distrust God.
When you find yourselves in this state, cease thinking, so far as you
can, of your own wretchedness, and think of the mercy of God and of
His love and His sufferings for us. If your state of mind is the result of
temptation, you will be unable to do even this, for it will not allow you to
quiet your thoughts or to fix them on anything but will only weary you
the more: it will be a great thing if you can recognize it as a temptation.
This is what happens when we perform excessive penances in order to
make ourselves believe that, because of what we are doing, we are
more penitent than others. If we conceal our penances from our
confessor or superior, or if we are told to give them up and do not
obey, that is a clear case of temptation. Always try to obey, however
much it may hurt you to do so, for that is the greatest possible
perfection.
There is another very dangerous kind of temptation: a feeling of
security caused by the belief that we shall never again return to our
past faults and to the pleasures of the world. "I know all about these
things now," we say, "and I realize that they all come to an end and I
get more pleasure from the things of God." If this temptation comes to
beginners it is very serious; for, having this sense of security, they
think nothing of running once more into occasions of sin. They soon
come up against these -- and then God preserve them from falling back
farther than before! The devil, seeing that here are souls which may do
him harm and be of great help to others, does all in his power to
prevent them from rising again. However many consolations and
pledges of love the Lord may give you, therefore, you must never be so
sure of yourselves that you cease to be afraid of falling back again,
and you must keep yourselves from occasions of sin.
She made a vow always to follow the more perfect course, and
resolved to keep the rule as perfectly as she could.
Patronage:
against bodily ills
against headaches
against sickness
Berzano di Tortona, Italy
lace makers
lace workers
loss of parents
people in need of grace
people in religious orders
people ridiculed for their piety
Pozega, Croatia
sick people
Spain
Prayer written by St. Teresa of Avila
O my God! Source of all mercy!
While recalling the wasted years that are past,
I believe that You, Lord, can in an instant
turn this loss to gain.
Miserable as I am,
yet I firmly believe that You can do all things.
Please restore to me the time lost,
giving me Your grace,
both now and in the future,
that I may appear before You in "wedding garments."
Amen.
O my God! Source of all mercy!
While recalling the wasted years that are past,
I believe that You, Lord, can in an instant
turn this loss to gain.
Miserable as I am,
yet I firmly believe that You can do all things.
Please restore to me the time lost,
giving me Your grace,
both now and in the future,
that I may appear before You in "wedding garments."
Amen.
"Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives." |
