St. Teresa's Book-Mark,
which she kept in her Breviary
Let nothing trouble thee,
Let nothing affright thee.
All things pass away.
God never changes.
Patience obtains everything.
God alone suffices!
When crosses would afflict thee,
Oh! let thy watchword be,
Thy holy Mother's lesson,
"Let nothing trouble thee."
If darkness round thee gathers,
And fills thy soul with fear,
"Let nothing e'er affright thee,"
She whispers in thy ear.
In every joy or sorrow
Which meets thee day by day,
She bids thee to remember
“That all things pass away."
If lonely or forsaken,
By friends thou art forgot,
Thy Spouse, she doth remind thee,
"Is one that changeth not."
When hope within thee wavers,
And distant seems the goal,
How patience winneth all things,
She tells thy weary soul.
That nothing in the wide world
Is needful unto one
Whose happy soul possesses
God's own eternal Son.
To drink the living waters
At any cost or price,
To quench thy thirst she whispers,
"God only doth suffice."
Oh! sweet, seraphic Mother,
May these dear words of thine
Help to unite me closer
Unto my Spouse divine!
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