The Collected Letters Of St. Teresa Of Avila Quotes

“In regard to being distracted during the recitation of the divine office, although I am perhaps much at fault, I like to think it is due to a weakness of the head. And you should think the same, for the Lord knows well that when we pray we would like to pray very well. Today I confessed this to Padre Maestro Fray Domingo, and he told me not to pay attention to it, and I beg of you the same, for I consider it an incurable evil.”
― Teresa de Ávila, The Collected Letters Of St. Teresa Of Avila: 1578 1582, Volume 2