Psalm 18:1a
I
love
you,
O
Lord,
my
strength
*Teresa of Avila, 1515–1582
Spanish Carmelite,
mystic, reformer,
founder of 17
convents, ad-
ministrator
& author
My favorite story about Teresa who may well be apocray-
phal: one day while traveling between convents, her
carriage went into the ditch. She reported got out
of the overturned carriage, shook her fist at the
sky and said “God if his is the way you treat
your friends, it’s no wonder you have so
few!” I doubt that it’s accurate but I
think it’ rings true - at least to me
it speaks so loudly of an auth-
entic, full-bodied relation-
ship with the God whom
she loved.
