Saint Teresa’s Book-Mark
Let nothing disturb thee,
Nothing affright thee;
All things are passing;
God never changeth;
Patient endurance
Attaineth to all things;
Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God sufficeth.
by Teresa of Ávila (as translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Teresa of Ávila was born as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada on 28 March 1515 in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile (now Spain). She became a Roman Catholic nun, a writer, and the founder of the Discalced Carmelites (1560 - 1562). Teresa of Ávila passed on at 67 years of age on 4 October 1582 in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain. She was made a saint on 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV, and her feast day is on 15 October of each year.
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Image shown: “Saint Teresa of Ávila” (1615) portrait painted by Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)
Let nothing disturb thee,
Nothing affright thee;
All things are passing;
God never changeth;
Patient endurance
Attaineth to all things;
Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God sufficeth.
by Teresa of Ávila (as translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Teresa of Ávila was born as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada on 28 March 1515 in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile (now Spain). She became a Roman Catholic nun, a writer, and the founder of the Discalced Carmelites (1560 - 1562). Teresa of Ávila passed on at 67 years of age on 4 October 1582 in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain. She was made a saint on 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV, and her feast day is on 15 October of each year.
To order the prayer shown above, printed in color on laminated cards, in packs of 25, click on Catholic Faith Store.
Image shown: “Saint Teresa of Ávila” (1615) portrait painted by Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)
