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an image of saint teresa with the words christ has no body now, but yours

“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.” Teresa of Ávila #saintsquotes #christ

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a statue of the virgin mary in front of a painting

"'If I had not been accepted in Carmel, I would have entered a Refuge (for fallen women) and lived out my days there, unknown and despised among the poor penitents. I would have been happy to be taken as one of them, and would have become an apostle among them, telling them what I thought of God's mercy.'" - St. Therese, from 'St. Therese By Those Who Knew Her'.

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an oil painting of a nun holding a book and quill in her right hand

COMMISSIONED WORK Oil On Canvas, 24 x 30in (2020) My St. Teresa of Avila painting is part of a set painted for a church devoted to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. St. Teresa is a great mystic and Doctor of the Church. She is represented here with a beam of light illuminating her heart. She writes about an experience where she saw an angel pierce her heart with a beam of light, which she described as filling her with a great love of God. After her death, a puncture wound was discovered on her…

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