[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fWUBjS0R0tpMMQmRoTRjKkTymlaavBKJVZmmbMYY_3zM":3,"$fru9dG-mJe8HC4rEyXkKbvrk5thUiN02Wp5SsXu_dU3Q":16},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},8605,"Teresa of Ávila","T",204,null,"teresa-of-avila",[12],{"tag_id":13,"tag_name":14,"tag_count":15},3508,"catholic",7,{"quotes":17,"pagination":81},[18,26,33,39,45,51,57,63,69,75],{"id":19,"quote_text":20,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":23,"source":24,"quote_tag":25,"commentary":9},3468033,"For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":27,"quote_text":28,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":29,"source":30,"quote_tag":31,"commentary":32},3468032,"Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nTeresa of Ávila, a 16th-century Spanish mystic and writer, penned this quote in her seminal work, \"The Interior Castle.\" Written in 1577, the book is a spiritual guide that outlines her path to spiritual growth and union with God. During this time, Teresa was experiencing periods of intense spiritual fervor and physical suffering, which likely influenced her writing on prayer.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote belies a subtle yet profound paradox: prayer is both a conversation with a loving God and an acknowledgment of our own limitations. Teresa's phrase \"friendly conversation\" suggests a sense of ease and familiarity, but this comfort is tempered by the recognition that we are conversing with an infinitely greater and more loving Being.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset in your own life, cultivate a sense of vulnerability and openness in your prayer life. Recognize that your conversations with God are not about dictating outcomes or seeking answers, but about surrendering to a deeper wisdom and love that transcends your own understanding.",{"id":34,"quote_text":35,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":36,"source":37,"quote_tag":38,"commentary":9},3468031,"May nothing wind you up, nothing affright you; everything comes and goes. God, still, just there; through patience all will be achieved. If you have God, you lack nothing: God alone will do.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":40,"quote_text":41,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":42,"source":43,"quote_tag":44,"commentary":9},3468030,"Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":46,"quote_text":47,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":48,"source":49,"quote_tag":50,"commentary":9},3468029,"Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":52,"quote_text":53,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":54,"source":55,"quote_tag":56,"commentary":9},3468028,"All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":9},3468027,"Whenever conscience commands anything, there is only one thing to fear, and that is fear.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":64,"quote_text":65,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":66,"source":67,"quote_tag":68,"commentary":9},3468026,"In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":70,"quote_text":71,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":72,"source":73,"quote_tag":74,"commentary":9},3468025,"For, as I said a little way back, perfect souls are in no way repelled by trials, but rather desire them and pray for them and love them. They are like soldiers: the more wars there are, the better they are pleased, because they hope to emerge from them with the greater riches.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":76,"quote_text":77,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":78,"source":79,"quote_tag":80,"commentary":9},3468024,"I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":82,"totalPages":83,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":84},1,21,10]