"Christ has no body now, but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth, but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which
Christ looks compassion into the world.
Yours are the feet
with which Christ walks to do good.
Yours are the hands
with which Christ blesses the world."
Let nothing trouble you,
let nothing frighten you.
All things are passing;
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
He who possesses God lacks nothing:
God alone suffices.
2007-05-29 13:55:41 · 14 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
St. Teresa of Avila:
2007-05-29 14:00:49 · update #1
I LOVE it! Thanks for sharing this. It is beautiful, and I'd love to know where it comes from.
2007-05-29 13:59:44 · answer #1 · answered by Heron By The Sea 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada (later known as Teresa de Jesus) was born in Avila, Spain, 28 March 1515, one of ten children whose mother died when she was fifteen. Her family was of partly Jewish ancestry. Teresa, having read the letters of Jerome, decided to become a nun, and when she was 20, she entered the Carmelite convent in Avila. There she fell seriously ill, was in a coma for a while, and partially paralyzed for three years. In her early years as a nun, she was, by her account, assiduous in prayer while sick but lax and lukewarm in her prayers and devotions when the sickness had passed. However, her prayer life eventually deepened, she began to have visions and a vivid sense of the presence of God, and was converted to a life of extreme devotion.
2007-05-29 21:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Let nothing trouble you,
let nothing frighten you.
All things are passing
This has great meaning to me. In truth, all things ARE passing, including people, places, things, religions, non-religion, governments, concepts, forms, elements, causes and conditions. Accordingly, nothing is permanent and there is nothing to fear or embrace, nothing to grasp at or suffer for.
2007-05-29 21:04:37 · answer #3 · answered by buddhamonkeyboy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Seems a big responsibility. Ought to inspire many a believing Christian to guard what their eyes see, what their hands do, what their mouths say, where their feet go. If you think in this way, you aren't going to want to do anything you wouldn't invite Christ along for. Nice.
2007-05-29 21:02:51 · answer #4 · answered by Smiley 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
too much contradicting...
the church is the body of Christ (1 Cor 12)
We are to be Christlike
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom
We cannot possess God. Christianity is a relationship between God and man, agape love that transcends all.
We all will live forever, depends on our decision whether we choose to live with Him now and forever or not.
2007-05-29 21:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by n9wff 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I like Teresa de Avila's words (the second poem) it helps me see life's troubles in perspective.
The first is good too---a call to action.
2007-05-29 21:01:05 · answer #6 · answered by * 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I tried to answer this, but the quote is so beautiful...to me, it says what I have always known: God is All That Is.
2007-05-30 08:34:06 · answer #7 · answered by Sky in the Grass 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know it's true, but even the Pope gets constipated at times.
2007-05-29 21:00:38 · answer #8 · answered by Thomas Paine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first part is bullshit.
The second part sheds a light at the LOGOS
2007-05-29 21:02:50 · answer #9 · answered by Laff -Hugs 4all- 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think those are really nice. There Beautiful.
Meows! =^-^=
2007-05-29 21:03:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋