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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 Security of Contemplatives Lies in Their Not Ascending to High Things if Our Lord Does Not Raise Them. The Sacred Humanity Must Be the Road to the Highest Contemplation.
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 Outward Temptations and Appearances of Satan. Of the Sufferings Thereby Occasioned. Counsels for Those Who Go on Unto Perfection.…
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 Saint Prays to Be Directed by a Different Way. Intellectual Visions. 1. I now resume the story of my life. I was in great pain and distress; and many prayers, as I said, Ch.
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)
. St. Peter of Alcantara Comforts the Saint. Great Temptations and Interior Trials. 1. When I saw that I was able to do little or nothing towards avoiding these great impetuosities,…
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)
. Other Graces Bestowed on the Saint. The Promises of Our Lord to Her. Divine Locutions and Visions.…
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)
. Sent to St. Peter of Alcantara in 1560 from the Monastery of the Incarnation, Avila. Fra Anton. a Sancto Joseph, in his notes on this Relation, usually published among the letters of the Saint, ed.
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)
. What We Can Ourselves Do. The Evil of Desiring to Attain to Supernatural States Before Our Lord Calls Us. 1. My aim in the foregoing chapter—though I digressed to many other matters,…
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 Graces She Received in Prayer. What We Can Do Ourselves. The Great Importance of Understanding What Our Lord Is Doing for Us. She Desires Her Confessors to Keep Her Writings Secret,…
Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
e means by which we can make it a habit. Consider now what your Master says next: “Who art in the Heavens.” Do you suppose it matters little what Heaven is and where you must seek your most holy Father? I assure you that for minds which wander it is of great importance not only to have a right belief about this but to try to learn it by experience,…
Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
. I have digressed a great deal but no one will blame me who understands the importance of what has been said. Let us now return to the love which it is good [and lawful] for us to feel.