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Saint Teresa of Avila, or as some may call her- Saint Teresa of Jesus was known as the patron of Spain and also of headaches. As mentioned before, she was born on March 28th, 1515 and at the age of 67 she sadly passed away on the 4th of October 1582. In my personal reflection I will talk about how my saint was a very cheerful saint, how I consider my saint to embody the beatitudes “blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” And “blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” subsequently, end off with how my saint taught me to always a positive outlook for the world, and also to put our trust in God.
Saint Teresa of Avila had once stated “I never liked gloomy saints, always try to be cheerful everyday.” This taught me that having a negative spirit may lead you to have a not so good day, whereas if we are more cheerful we then always think positive and we eliminate the people/things that make us unhappy.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” This beatitude embodies my saint because Saint Teresa at one point in her life wanted to become a martyr, meaning she refused to fear death when it came to her faith. “Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God” I believe my saint was pure in heart because it was also noticed from another’s perspective that she was friendly and saw the good in others.
Lastly, my saint left us with a quote saying, “we always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to ear the greatest trials” this quote means that on earth there will come a time where we will be given consequences for our belief, but this shows that God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers. We who abide in Christ will be saved all we need to do here on earth is put our trust in God and never give up our faith.
So all in all, Saint Teresa of Avila was a very strong woman, strong
Saint Teresa of Avila, or as some may call her- Saint Teresa of Jesus was known as the patron of Spain and also of headaches. As mentioned before, she was born on March 28th, 1515 and at the age of 67 she sadly passed away on the 4th of October 1582. In my personal reflection I will talk about how my saint was a very cheerful saint, how I consider my saint to embody the beatitudes “blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” And “blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” subsequently, end off with how my saint taught me to always a positive outlook for the world, and also to put our trust in God.
Saint Teresa of Avila had once stated “I never liked gloomy saints, always try to be cheerful everyday.” This taught me that having a negative spirit may lead you to have a not so good day, whereas if we are more cheerful we then always think positive and we eliminate the people/things that make us unhappy.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” This beatitude embodies my saint because Saint Teresa at one point in her life wanted to become a martyr, meaning she refused to fear death when it came to her faith. “Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God” I believe my saint was pure in heart because it was also noticed from another’s perspective that she was friendly and saw the good in others.
Lastly, my saint left us with a quote saying, “we always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to ear the greatest trials” this quote means that on earth there will come a time where we will be given consequences for our belief, but this shows that God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers. We who abide in Christ will be saved all we need to do here on earth is put our trust in God and never give up our faith.
So all in all, Saint Teresa of Avila was a very strong woman, strong