Teresa of Avila

O God, who by your Holy Spirit moved Teresa of Avila to manifest to your Church the way of perfection: Grant us, we pray, to be nourished by her excellent teaching, and enkindle within us a keen and unquenchable longing for true holiness; through Jesus Christ, the joy of loving hearts, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. + Amen

¹ As the deer longs for streams of water,
    so I long for you, O God.
² I thirst for God, the living God.
    When can I go and stand before him?
³ Day and night I have only tears for food,
    while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,
    “Where is this God of yours?”

⁴ My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be:
    I walked among the crowds of worshipers,
    leading a great procession to the house of God,
    singing for joy and giving thanks
    amid the sound of a great celebration!

⁵ Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad?
    I will put my hope in God!
    I will praise him again— my Savior and ⁶ my God!

Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you—
    even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan,
    from the land of Mount Mizar.
⁷ I hear the tumult of the raging seas
    as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.
⁸ But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me,
    and through each night I sing his songs,
    praying to God who gives me life.

Psalm 42 – New Living Translation

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Hosea 13:1-3 – Acts 27:9-26 – Luke 9:1-17