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Interior Castle or The Mansions by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
NOTE IN this new edition the wording has been revised and condensed, chiefly with a view to rendering the translation more pregnant. Only one passage (VI. Mansion, ch.
Interior Castle or The Mansions by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
CHAPTER II. CONTINUES THE SAME SUBJECT, EXPLAINING BY A COMPARISON IN WHAT DIVINE CONSOLATIONS CONSIST: AND HOW WE OUGHT TO TRY TO PREPARE OURSELVES TO RECEIVE THEM,…
Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
e. When this convent was originally founded, for the reasons set down in the book which, as I say, I have already written, and also because of certain wonderful revelations by which the Lord showed me how well He would be served in this house, it was not my intention that there should be so much austerity in external matters, nor that it should have no regular income: on the contrary,…
Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
to busy themselves constantly in beseeching God to help those who work for the Church. Ends with an exclamatory prayer.…
Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
PROLOGUE J. H. S. The sisters of this Convent of Saint Joseph, knowing that I had had leave from Father Presentado Fray Domingo Bañes, The words “Fray Domingo Bañes” are crossed out,…
Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of The Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
. Why Men Do Not Attain Quickly to the Perfect Love of God. Of Four Degrees of Prayer. Of the First Degree. The Doctrine Profitable for Beginners, and for Those Who Have No Sensible Sweetness.
Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of The Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
. Instructions for Those Who Have Attained to the Prayer of Quiet. Many Advance So Far, But Few Go Farther. 1. Let us now go back to the subject.…
Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of The Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
. The Difference Between Union and Rapture. What Rapture Is. The Blessing It Is to the Soul. The Effects of It. 1. I wish I could explain, with the help of God, wherein union differs from rapture,…
Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of The Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
. Of Certain Temptations of Satan. Instructions Relating Thereto.…
Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of The Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
. Divine Locutions. Discussions on That Subject. 1. It will be as well, I think, to explain these locutions of God, and to describe what the soul feels when it receives them, in order that you,…