Teresa of Ávila Quote

One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off, and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer.


The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus (ed. 1966)


One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more...

One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more...

One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more...

One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more...