Every night I send my five long-suffering adult children a collective email, and every email ends with what for lack of a better expression I call a 'holy thought'.
Tonight's was taken from the works of that stupendous saint, Teresa of Avila. I thought it important enough, and a truth so little known and acknowledged, that I should post it here:
You accomplished your will in him (Christ) through the trials, sorrows, injuries
and persecutions he suffered until his death on a cross.
See here what you gave
the one you loved most. These are your gifts as long as we are in this world.
You give according to the love you bear us: to those you love more, you
give more of these gifts; to those you love less, you give less.
And
you give according to the courage you see in each of us and the love
each has for you; whoever loves you much will be able to suffer much;
whoever loves you little will be capable of little.
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