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Prayer for Inner Peace

Resting untroubled in God's presence

Many souls turn to this prayer when worry has taken root and no human comfort seems to calm it. Saint Teresa of Ávila, a mystic who wrestled with great trials of body and spirit, wrote her counsel not from theory but from hard-won experience. Those who feel the ground shifting beneath them, as in the Prayer for Anxiety, often find in her words a steadier footing.

Saint Teresa of Ávila, teacher of the interior life, you have left us these words as a light for troubled hearts: "Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing; God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing: God alone suffices." Teach me, as you were taught, to find in God alone a peace the world cannot give. When anxiety rises within me, let your words return to my heart, that I may rest, unshaken, in His presence. Amen.

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When to Pray This

Pray this whenever anxious thoughts crowd out trust, before a difficult decision or conversation, or simply as a way to begin or end the day with your mind fixed on God rather than on your fears.

Benefits of This Prayer

Praying it regularly forms the habit of returning to God as the first response to trouble rather than the last resort. Over time it loosens the grip of fear, deepens patience with life's uncertainties, and can prepare the heart for rest, much as the Prayer Before Sleeping does at day's end.

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Illustrated portrait of Saint Teresa of Ávila, with a soft halo
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Saint Teresa of Ávila

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