Opening the eyes of the soul...

 ...those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. 

 Psalm 34:10b

"After having received the Lord, since you have the 
Person Himself present, strive to close the eyes of the body 
and open those of the soul and look into your heart.
For I tell you again, and would like to tell 
you many times that you should 
acquire the habit of doing this every time 
you receive Communion 
and strive to have such a conscience that you 
will be allowed to enjoy this blessing frequently.

Though He comes disguised, the disguise as I have said, 
does not prevent Him from being recognized 
in many ways, in conformity with the desire we have 
to see Him. And you can desire to see Him so much 
that He will reveal Himself to you entirely." 

 St. Teresa of Avila: Way of Perfection 34:12.

  St Teresa of Avila

 Spain ~ 1515-1582

Carmelite Contemplative, Reformer, Mystic,

Prolific Writer*

*Way of Perfection, Interior Castle,

The Life of Teresa of Jesus (Autobiography)

DOCTOR of the CHURCH

Feast Day - October 15 

Painting: St Teresa of Avila Receiving Communion - Claudio Coello

"Trust God that you are exactly 
where you are meant to be." - St Teresa of Avila

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"Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. 
All things are passing. God does not change. 
Patience wins all things. For God alone suffices." 
St Teresa of Avila (her Bookmark)

Click here: St. Teresa of Avila - YouTube (2 mins)
Click here: Discovering our Saints - St Theresa of Avila  (2:22 mins)

St Teresa of Avila, pray for us!

Saintward bound...

 "God would never inspire me 

with desires which cannot be realised; 

so in spite of my littleness I can 

hope to be a saint." - St Therese of Lisieux

"As believers, all of us are called to 

live our lives for and from the Eucharist 

because then we will be 

living our lives for and from Jesus. 

These graces, these principles, 

were and are the building blocks we see 

in the lives of all the saints.  They can 

be found in every single biography 

of every single saint." 

Fr Barry Braum 

That I May See:  Journeying from 

Spiritual Confusion and Blindness

to the Radiance of the Eucharist

Make haste to help me...

Be pleased, O God, to deliver me!

O Lord, make haste to help me! - Psalm 70:1

“Our Lord came to the aid of each great tribulation with 

a special devotion. The present and future tribulations 

of the Church and of nations are greater than at any other 

period, and this persecution is more dangerous 

than those of previous times. Hence, the devotion which 

God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the 

present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. 

It is the highest of all devotions.”  - Pope Leo XIII (+1903)

We are expected in heaven...

 "Our goal must be infinite, not the finite. 

The infinite is our homeland.

 We have always been expected in heaven."
Bl Carlo Acutis

 

"The more Eucharist we receive,

the more we will become like Jesus,

so that on this earth we will

have a foretaste of Heaven."

 

Bl Carlo Acutis

1991-2006

Death from Leukemia

Computer genius

Eucharistic passion

Carlo Acutis Eucharistic Miracles Exhibition

Beatified 10/10/20 in Assisi

Feast Day - Oct 12

 

 

"When we face the sun we get a tan...but when we stand before

Jesus in the Eucharist we become saints." - Bl Carlo Acutis

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Bl Carlo Acutis, pray for us!