Everyone of us is called to the same kind of intimate communion with the Lord which characterizes the lives of the canonized Saints such as Teresa of Avila.
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that
man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend. And I clearly see that if we expect
to please him and receive an abundance of his graces, God desires that
these graces must come to us from the hands of Christ, through his most
sacred humanity, in which God takes delight. - Teresa of Avila