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“ ”Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which to look out
Christ's compassion to the world
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about
doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now.
About Teresa de Ávila
Saint Teresa of Avila (Teresa de Jesús) (28 March 1515 – 4 October 1582), born Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a Spanish mystic philosopher and Catholic saint.
Biography information from Wikiquote
Additional quotes by Teresa de Ávila
Nada te turbe,
nada te espante.
Tudo passa;
Deus não muda.
A paciência
tudo alcança.
Quem a Deus tem,
nada lhe falta.
Só Deus basta.
But she evidently believes that, generally speaking, infused contemplation is accessible to any Christian who has the resolution to do all that in him lies towards obtaining it.
It is certain that a man who has no need of anyone has many friends: in my own experience I have found this to be very true.