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Quote of the day, 23 March: Teresa of the Trinity, OCD

Let us not desire delights, daughters; we are well-off here; the bad inn lasts for only a night. Let us praise God; let us force ourselves to do penance in this life.

Saint Teresa of Avila
The Way of Perfection, 40.9

The autumn leaves are pilgrims
Scurrying after the winds that toss them
Through the sky, and I, a pilgrim
Caught by the Spirit’s breath, would fly
Heavenwards in glorious flight—
Knowing this life is only a night
Spent in a bad inn.

Let Teresa’s words give impetus to my poor clay,
Freeing me from earth’s bonds,
And setting me heavenward in flight,
A leaf, swirling in the mighty Wind of God,
Raised beyond itself,
Torn from earth’s limiting vision,
To celestial heights, seeing, at last,
The vast horizons of the Church
That keep Carmel’s vision wide.

O Holy Mother, open my small mind and heart
To the great tide of needs—
The venturing for God’s honor
In these times.
Magnificent shores of the spirit have been reached
And overflow.
Let me become filled with God’s joy,
Awake to every grace that pour Christ-life,
Christ-mercy on our universe.

Sister Teresa of the Trinity, O.C.D.

For the Feast of Our Holy Mother Teresa

Note: Sr. Teresa of the Trinity, O.C.D. (Teresa Hewitt) was a professed Discalced Carmelite nun of the Carmel of St. Joseph in Terre Haute, Indiana, who served as prioress for many years.

Catholic Church 1993, Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and the Order of Discalced Carmelites (Rev. and augm.), Institutum Carmelitanum, Rome.