2009 September 29 - Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

Date: September 29th, 2009

Reflection on suffering and longing for God – St. Teresa of Avila

Posted on September 29th, 2009 by Dan Burke

Communion-of-St-Teresa-of-Avila-xx-Claudio-Coello Woe is me, woe is me, Lord, how very long has been this exile! And it passes with great sufferings of longing for my God! Lord, what can a soul placed in this prison do? O Jesus, how long is the life of humans, even though it is said to be short! It is short, my God, for gaining through it a life that cannot end; but it is very long for the soul that desires to come into the presence of its God. What remedy do You provide for this suffering? There isn’t any, except when one suffers for you.

Soliloquies – #15

Tags: St. Teresa of Avila, Suffering
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