(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.
Weave a Web 
Bruce, my lovely niece and I have no idea what moral you are trying to get across to us! In the words of one of our (in)famous politicians “Please explain.”
And, good morning to you.
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I knew people wouldn’t get it! To put the story another way – When Saint Theresa of Avila (1515-1582) fell into the river mud she was heard to shout (to God) “If that’s how you treat your friends no wonder you don’t have many.” Incidentally it was this same Theresa (despite others claiming it) who wrote the famous quotation: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things
I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
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I knew she was boringly saintly, so I never dreamt she would be so nasty to God!
Thank you for explaining, and letting us get on with our less than saintly lives.
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LOL!
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I’m so happy Yvonne and her lovely niece wasn’t sure either…I don’t feel alone. Thanks for the explanation.
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If I wasn’t so polite I’d say that thickness is a contagious disease! Anyway – I knew people would have trouble with it – it’s why hagiography is not really my thing…Have spent the whole day water blasting the brick house and paths – so now I’m clean and sparkly and ready for another day!
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I was deeply impressed with Saint Theresa of Avila (1515-1582) for being grounded (pun unintended) when further revelations in the comment section confirmed the underlying streak of hypocrisy.
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She is one of the few (only 4) in the Roman Catholic tradition who has been chosen to have the title “Doctor of the Church” for her writings.
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And haven’t we (as a race, not you and I obviously) learned so little. After all, who is it we all hurt the most?
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Clumsy old broad!
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!!
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Very un-nunerly of her. But perhaps she got up on the wrong side of the bed that day.
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I can’t believe how everyone doesn’t think it funny. I’m sure God had a laugh!
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Of course He laughed. Didn’t you hear the thunder?
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Most perceptive!
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A big thank you to Yvonne and her niece. Being somewhat of a stranger to religion and married to one who cannot remember anything the nuns taught him, I had no idea of what that muddied woman muttered.
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