'For even though He may desire to enter and take delight in a soul and favor it, there is no way of His doing this, for He wants it alone and clean and desirous of receiving His graces.
'If we place stumbling blocks in His path and don't do a thing to remove them, how will He be able to come to us? And we desire God to grant us great favors!'
St. Teresa of Avila
Painting: Alfred Stevens, Hesitation (detail)
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