Our Daily Bread: Rom 3:21-30; Luke 11:47-54

What occasion is there then for boasting?

Today we remember Teresa of Jesus, known to most as Teresa of Avila: 16thcentury mystic, reformer of the Carmelite order and one of only three women recognized as a doctor of the church. Among her writings is a prayer known as her "bookmark" (found after her death on a card in her breviary). It reads: "Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing make you afraid. All things are passing; God alone never changes. Patience gains all things. If you have God, you will want for nothing. God alone suffices." The saintly never boast of their holiness they know too well how much is gift and how far they have to go. In the words of Jesus, "Woe to those of us who imagine ourselves finished with the journey to holiness."

*Lord Jesus, be our Way on the way to holiness.