Sunday, October 14, 2018

Gave up Novel Writing to Write for God

Teresa of Jesus aka Teresa of Avila, Oct 15:  A great mystic, contemplative, writer and humorist? She was no Erma Bombeck, but Teresa did have a sense of humor.  In a 2013 article, James Martin, SJ describes her lightheartedness, shown in the opening quote from her autobiography: “Having virtuous and God-fearing parents would have been enough for me to be good if I were not so wicked.”[1]  St. Teresa of Avila, help us to silence our “selves” in order to hear and obey the voice of Jesus, and help us to keep a good sense of humor.


[1] http://www.carmelites.net/news/the-humor-of-st-teresa-of-avila/

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