Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things pass away. God never changes. Patience obtains all things. They who have God lack nothing. God alone is enough.
No one could say that Teresa of Avila was a stranger to hardship. As a Spanish nun and mystic who lived in the 16th century, she struggled with poor health and hostility in her efforts to reform the Carmelite order.By founding numerous convents throughout Spain, Teresa sought to bring about a return to the austere life of the cloister. Despite the difficulties she faced, she never sought a life of ease or comfort as the cure for her ills. Instead, she countered physical and spiritual afflictions with the remedies of poverty and contemplative prayer, facing difficulty with discipline.
