By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - When St. Teresa of Avila fell down fording a muddy stream on one of her apostolic journeys in the sixteenth century, she is said to have raised her thoughts to God to offer this unusual prayer: “If this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so few!” Indeed, there are a variety of legitimate spiritual thoughts that enter into our conversations with Christ, and a wry humor is by no means excluded—as long as we don’t take ourselves too seriously.