ST. TERESA'S PLEA
Words of St. Teresa of Avila

"Would that I could persuade all men to be devoted to this glorious Saint ,
for I know by long experience what blessings he can obtain for us from God.
I have never known anyone who was truly devoted to him and honored him by
particular services who did not advance greatly in virtue: for he helps in
a special way those souls who commend themselves to him. It is now very
many years since I began asking him for something on his feast, and I have
always received it. If the petition was in any way amiss, he rectified it
for my greater good . . . I ask for the love of God that he who does not
believe me will make the trial for himself then he will find out by
experience the great good that results from commending oneself to this
glorious Patriarch and in being devoted to him . . ."
-Autobiography, VI, 11-12