"I'm suffering but I am happy to be suffering. I've taken the Cross from my Jesus. He is resting. What greater happiness could I have?"
-St. Teresa of the Andes
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St. Teresa of the Andes didn't shy away from her love of penance, even admitting in her 1917 journal, "I feel a longing to be a martyr in my body." 🔥 Want to know more about this inspiring saint? Check out our blog!
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#onthisday 28 December 1914, #StTeresaOfTheAndes underwent an emergency appendectomy. The procedure was very risky and she prepared herself for death as best as a 14-year-old girl could.

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St Teresa of the Andes was deeply moved by the writing of St Elizabeth of the Trinity. “I love her,” Teresa writes in her diary. “Although she was a saint, I will imitate her and be a saint.”
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