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While I was on earth, I took her for my friend; but now that I am in heaven, I have chosen you.

Diego de Yepes
Biography of St. Teresa (1615)

On the feast of St. Mary Magdalene the Lord again confirmed in me a favor He had granted me in Toledo, choosing me in the place of a certain person who was absent.

Spiritual Testimonies, 28
Monastery of the Incarnation, Avila, 22 July 1572

On the feast of St. Mary Magdalene while I was reflecting on the friendship with our Lord I’m obliged to maintain and also on the words He spoke to me about this saint [cf. Spiritual Testimonies, 28,] and having insistent desires to imitate her, the Lord granted me a great favor and told me that from now on I should try hard, that I was going to have to serve Him more than I did up to this point. This favor gave me the desire not to die so soon, that I might have time to be occupied in His service, and I was left with strong determination to suffer.

Spiritual Testimonies, 37
22 July (year and place uncertain)

Note: Translator and editor Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. explains that Spiritual Testimonies, 28 is a probable reference to an event reported by Diego de Yepes in his life of St. Teresa (1615, Madrid). Fr. Kavanaugh writes: “One day in Toledo, Teresa was envying St. Mary Magdalene for the love our Lord had for her. The Lord then appeared to Teresa and said: ‘While I was on earth, I took her for my friend; but now that I am in heaven, I have chosen you.’ “

Teresa of Avila, St. 1985, The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K; Rodriguez, O, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: Christ’s Appearance to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection is an oil on canvas painting executed in 1835 by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (Russian, 1806–1858). It is part of the Russian Museum’s collection of 18th–19th c. paintings. Image credit: Russian Museum via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

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