I recently came across this quote, and it’s simply too good not to post.

“If I had been a priest I should have made a thorough study of Hebrew and Greek so as to understand the thought of God as he has vouchsafed to express it in our human language.”

There is only one bit of what St. Theresa says that I don’t entirely agree with: don’t miss the chance of understanding the thought of God by not learning the languages, even if you are not a priest.