• “How very narrow is the gate that leads to a life in God! (Mt 7:14) How little one must be to pass through it, it being nothing else but death to self! But when we have passed through it, what enlargement do we find! David said, ‘He brought me forth also in a large place’ (Ps. 18:19). And it was through humiliation and abasement that he was brought there.” – from Madame Guyon’s autobiography Ch. 22

Teresa of Avila

Christ Has No Body by Teresa of Avila

Published January 31, 2018 | By womenofchristianity
Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which… Continue reading →
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Treats of the great need which we have to beseech the Eternal Father by Teresa of Avila

Published May 16, 2011 | By womenofchristianity

Chapter 38

Treats of the great need which we have to beseech the Eternal Father to grant us what we… Continue reading →

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  • “Viewed in relation to the creature, everything is dark — viewed in relation to God, everything is light.” – Madame Guyon

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I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. — John 10:14-15 (NKJV)

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