Devotion of the day: let's imitate the spirituality of Saint Teresa of Avila

Lukewarmness of the Saint. The Lord, to show you that, despite your sins and imperfections, you can become a saint as long as you want it, allowed many of the Saints to fall from the beginning into sin or lukewarmness. St. Teresa was among them; the reading of worldly books and the friendship of worldly people cooled her in piety; for this she saw what her place in Hell would be if she had not converted. And you don't fear the world? When will you convert?

Spirit of prayer of the Saint. At the foot of the Crucifix she understood her evil, and then, with how many tears her Good, unknown and unloved, wept! In prayer, and especially in meditation, he sought strength and virtue, and he found it. For 18 years she saw herself dry and desolate, without knowing, without being able to pray; yet he persevered, and won. How in his writings he inflames everyone to pray! Examine if you pray, and how you pray. Prayer can save you ...

The Seraph of Carmel. What a beautiful title he deserved for his love for God! How Teresa of Jesus enjoyed saying to herself! With what zeal and purity of intention he worked for his God! Gazing into the Crucifix, how easy suffering said! On the contrary, he sighed: Either suffer or die ... He had rewards of ecstasy and rapture, but they were rewards of his seraphic love. And we are always ice in the love of God ... Yet, we could become saints ...

PRACTICE. - Recite three Pater to the Saint; imitate it in giving yourself immediately and everything to God.