When We Are Struggling: Quotes From the Saints
Teresa of Avila understood that humour helps us cope with difficult situations. Supposedly after a donkey threw her into a cold stream, Teresa stood in her heavy,dripping wet, medieval habit and yelled at God, “If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few” A word of wisdom from St. Teresa for when we are crying over unanswered prayers, “There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.” St. Teresa “Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” -St. Pio of Pietrelcino “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis “Tribulation is a gift from God – one that he especially gives His special friends.” -St. Thomas More read more>