2553. In the mud © Bruce Goodman 23 October 2022

(Hagiography has not played a very big part in these stories, so here’s one with a hagiographical theme!) When Teresa of Avila, the great 16th century Spanish reformer of the Carmelite nuns and monks, was crossing a plank over a muddy swollen creek she slipped and fell in the mud. She was heard to say a prayer: If this is the way you treat your friends no wonder you have so few of them. Contact Author Back to Index Next Story Previous Story