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Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
ant for the spiritual life. Describes the first of these three things, which is love of one’s neighbour, and speaks of the harm which can be done by individual friendships.
Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
gaining it. It is strange to see how impassioned this love is; how many tears, penances and prayers it costs;…
Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
The Way of 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)
. 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, my father, may understand the matter; for ever since that time of which I am speaking, when our Lord granted me that grace, it has been an ordinary occurrence until now,…
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)
. Early Impressions. Dangerous Books and Companions. The Saint Is Placed in a Monastery. 1. What I shall now speak of was, I believe, the beginning of great harm to me.
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 Ceases Not to Pray. Prayer the Way to Recover What Is Lost. All Exhorted to Pray. The Great Advantage of Prayer, Even to Those Who May Have Ceased from It.
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)
. Illness and Patience of the Saint. The Story of a Priest Whom She Rescued from a Life of Sin. 1. I forgot to say how, in the year of my novitiate,…
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 Effects of This Fourth State of Prayer. Earnest Exhortations to Those Who Have Attained to It Not to Go Back, Nor to Cease from Prayer, Even If They Fall. The Great Calamity of Going Back.
Interior Castle or The Mansions by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
CHAPTER III. TREATS OF THE SAME SUBJECT AND OF THE WAY GOD IS SOMETIMES PLEASED TO SPEAK TO THE SOUL. HOW WE SHOULD BEHAVE IN SUCH A CASE, IN WHICH WE MUST NOT FOLLOW OUR OWN OPINION.
Interior Castle or The Mansions by Teresa of Avila, St. (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, 1515-1582)
CHAPTER III. THIS CHAPTER CONTINUES THE SAME SUBJECT AND SPEAKS OF ANOTHER KIND OF UNION WHICH THE SOUL CAN OBTAIN WITH THE HELP OF GOD. THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR IN THIS MATTER.