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For Love Alone - St. Teresa of Avila
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For Love Alone - St. Teresa of Avila

Christina M. Sorrentino
Oct 15, 2022
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For Love Alone - St. Teresa of Avila
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"It is love alone that gives worth to all things." (St. Teresa of Avila) St. Teresa of Avila, Mystic and Doctor of the Church was a Carmelite nun in the 16th-century who called for reform in her order when she realized that the Sisters were no longer living a life giving all to the Lord. Their hearts no longer burned brightly with a zeal for Christ as they failed to authentically live out the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience.

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