Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her, ²And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin. ³With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved: ⁴And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours. ⁵And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory. ⁶She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.

²The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation. ³For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them. ⁶The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints. ⁷For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God? ⁸God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him. ⁹O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee. ¹⁶Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance: ¹⁷And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted. ¹⁸For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted. ¹⁹For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.

℟ The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever.

At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones. ²⁶Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed good in thy sight. ²⁷All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him. ²⁸Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you. ²⁹Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.