St. Teresa of Avila

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Can anyone tell me why St. Teresa of Avila is the patron saint of headache sufferers? I noticed this somewhere while looking at her writings, but I could not find why, and I am curious! Thanks!! šŸ˜ƒ
 
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Can anyone tell me why St. Teresa of Avila is the patron saint of headache sufferers? I noticed this somewhere while looking at her writings, but I could not find why, and I am curious! Thanks!! šŸ˜ƒ
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I donā€™t know but I think she is also the patron saint of chess players - that might have something to do with it. šŸ˜›

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She was very ill as a youngun - probably suffered from them herself.
 
St Teresa of Avila suffered from what, according to her symptoms, appear to have been severe migraines.
 
She also suffered from tinnitus, or the sensation of loud ringing in her head.
 
Yep, terrible headaches, titinitis, and many other ailments. (she indeed was very ill throughout a lot of her lifeā€¦ sheā€™s my patron saint)

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She was my Patron Saint I chose when I entered the Church this past Saturday.
 
Ok, I have to share this.
I went to a Womanā€™s Retreat with my church this past weekend (ACTS).
The Director of the retreat chooses a patron for the weekend retreat.
Ourā€™s was St. Theresa of Avila. The entire retreat was full of her messages. I had never heard of her before.
Ok, this is where is gets kinda weird.
We came home from the retreat Sunday and that evening I ended up with the worst migraine headache. I have NEVER in my life had one. It was awful. I was throwing up all night and was still sick yesterday. I had to leave work and go home and sleep. Now, today I feel better and since I wanted to learn more about St. Theresa I typed her name in the search on this forum and found this thread and low and behold learn she suffered from terrible migraines. Is this just coincidental? I just had to share.
By the way, the retreat was the most glorious thing to ever happen in my life. Iā€™m a different person.
Elizabeth
 
EMAC said:
Ok, I have to share this.
I went to a Womanā€™s Retreat with my church this past weekend (ACTS).
The Director of the retreat chooses a patron for the weekend retreat.
Ourā€™s was St. Theresa of Avila. The entire retreat was full of her messages. I had never heard of her before.
Ok, this is where is gets kinda weird.
We came home from the retreat Sunday and that evening I ended up with the worst migraine headache. I have NEVER in my life had one. It was awful. I was throwing up all night and was still sick yesterday. I had to leave work and go home and sleep. Now, today I feel better and since I wanted to learn more about St. Theresa I typed her name in the search on this forum and found this thread and low and behold learn she suffered from terrible migraines. Is this just coincidental? I just had to share.
By the way, the retreat was the most glorious thing to ever happen in my life. Iā€™m a different person.
Elizabeth
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One of Godā€™s ā€œcoincidencesā€. šŸ™‚ BTW, St. Teresa of Jesus is her name; Avila is her address. šŸ˜‰
 
Teresa and migraines were both essential elements in my spiritual growth, and now I see why. I have had them all my life, since age 9, climaxing in peri-menopause with 2-3 a month, some requiring hospitalization or ER. I learned those forced down-times were a gift from God for prayer and even contemplationā€“wordless, non-intellectual, since intellectual activity shuts down at the peak of an episode. Then I encountered Teresa on retreat, she personally guided me through understanding of stages of spiritual growth in ways I wont bother to detail, with assistance from wise spiritual director. To this day there is a particular little message she will send me when I need it. Migraines lessened with surgical menopause, change in meds, rigid adherence to diet and lifestyle mandates etc., and with spiritual progress. Now I get 2-3 a year, when needed to slow me down and humble me. Teresa is my gal, DD is named for her, so is MIL, so when I have episodes of conflict with either I have come to learn Big Teresa is telling me something I need to know in those ā€œheadachesā€ as well.
 
puzzleannie said:
Teresa and migraines were both essential elements in my spiritual growth, and now I see why. I have had them all my life, since age 9, climaxing in peri-menopause with 2-3 a month, some requiring hospitalization or ER. I learned those forced down-times were a gift from God for prayer and even contemplationā€“wordless, non-intellectual, since intellectual activity shuts down at the peak of an episode. Then I encountered Teresa on retreat, she personally guided me through understanding of stages of spiritual growth in ways I wont bother to detail, with assistance from wise spiritual director. To this day there is a particular little message she will send me when I need it. Migraines lessened with surgical menopause, change in meds, rigid adherence to diet and lifestyle mandates etc., and with spiritual progress. Now I get 2-3 a year, when needed to slow me down and humble me. Teresa is my gal, DD is named for her, so is MIL, so when I have episodes of conflict with either I have come to learn Big Teresa is telling me something I need to know in those ā€œheadachesā€ as well.
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Wow! Thank you so much for sharing that.
 
puzzleannie said:
Teresa and migraines were both essential elements in my spiritual growth, and now I see why. I have had them all my life, since age 9, climaxing in peri-menopause with 2-3 a month, some requiring hospitalization or ER. I learned those forced down-times were a gift from God for prayer and even contemplationā€“wordless, non-intellectual, since intellectual activity shuts down at the peak of an episode. Then I encountered Teresa on retreat, she personally guided me through understanding of stages of spiritual growth in ways I wont bother to detail, with assistance from wise spiritual director. To this day there is a particular little message she will send me when I need it. Migraines lessened with surgical menopause, change in meds, rigid adherence to diet and lifestyle mandates etc., and with spiritual progress. Now I get 2-3 a year, when needed to slow me down and humble me. Teresa is my gal, DD is named for her, so is MIL, so when I have episodes of conflict with either I have come to learn Big Teresa is telling me something I need to know in those ā€œheadachesā€ as well.
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Is there a specific prayer that can be said for St. Teresaā€™s intercedence if you are suffering from a migraine?
 
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