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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila PROTESTATIONS – PROLOGUE – Chapter 1 – Chapter 2 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Chapter 1 – Of the reason which moved me to found this convent in such strict observance. Chapter 2 – Treats of how the necessities of the body should be disregarded and of the good that com…
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Chap 3 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 3 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Continues the subject begun in the first chapter and persuades the sisters to busy themselves constantly in beseeching God to help those who work for the Church. Ends with an exclamatory prayer. For other audio chapters of “The W…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 4 & Appendix For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Exhorts the nuns to keep their Rule and names three things which are important 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 do…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 5 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Continues speaking of confessors. Explains why it is important that they should be learned men. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited by E. ALLISON PE…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 6 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Returns to the subject of perfect love, already begun. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited by E. ALLISON PEERS from the Critical Editon of P. SILVER…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 7 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Treats of the same subject of spiritual love and gives certain counsels for gaining it. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited by E. ALLISON PEERS from…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 8 & 9 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Treats of the great benefit of self-detachment, both interior and exterior, from all things created. Treats of the great blessing that shunning their relatives brings to those who have left the world and shows how by doing so…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 10 & 11 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Teaches that detachment from the things aforementioned is insufficient if we are not detached from our own selves and that this virtue and humility go together. Continues to treat of mortification and describes how it may b…
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Chap 12 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 12 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Teaches that the true lover of God must care little for life and honour. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited by E. ALLISON PEERS from the Critical …
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 13 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Continues to treat of mortification and explains how one must renounce the world’s standards of wisdom in order to attain to true wisdom. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 14 & 15 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Treats of the great importance of not professing anyone whose spirit is contrary to the things aforementioned. Treats of the great advantage which comes from our not excusing ourselves, even though we find we are unjustly c…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 16 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes the difference between perfection in the lives of contemplatives and in the lives of those who are content with mental prayer. Explains how it is sometimes possible for God to raise a distracted soul to perfect contemp…
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Chap 17 & 18 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 17 & 18 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here How not all souls are fitted for contemplation and how some take long to attain it. True humility will walk happily along the road by which the Lord leads it. Continues the same subject and shows how much greater are the tr…
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Chap 19 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 19 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Begins to treat of prayer. Addresses souls who cannot reason with the understanding For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited by E. ALLISON PEERS from th…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 27 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes the great love shown us by the Lord in the first words of the Paternoster and the great importance of our making no account of good birth if we truly desire to be the daughters of God. For other audio chapters of “The …
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Chap 28 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 28 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes the nature of the Prayer of Recollection and sets down some of the means by which we can make it a habit. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Ed…
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Chap 29 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 29 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Continues to describe methods for achieving this Prayer of Recollection. Says what little account we should make of being favored by our superiors. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST.…
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Chap 20 & 21 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 20 & 21 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes how, in one way or another, we never lack consolation on the road of prayer. Counsels the sisters to include this subject continually in their conversation. Describes the great importance of setting out upon the p…
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Chap 22 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 22 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Explains the meaning of mental prayer. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited by E. ALLISON PEERS from the Critical Editon of P. SILVERIO DE SANTA TER…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 23 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes the importance of not turning back when one has set out upon the way of prayer. Repeats how necessary it is to be resolute. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVI…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 24 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes how vocal prayer may be practiced with perfection and how closely allied it is to mental prayer. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited by E…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 25 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes the great gain which comes to a soul when it practices vocal prayer perfectly. Shows how God may raise it thence to things supernatural. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. …
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 26 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Continues the description of a method for recollecting the thoughts. Describes means of doing this. This chapter is very profitable for those who are beginning prayer. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY …
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 35 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes the recollection which should be practised after Communion. Concludes this subject with an exclamatory prayer to the Eternal Father For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERES…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 30 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes the importance of understanding what we ask for in prayer. Treats of these words in the Paternoster: “Sanctificetur nomen tuum, adveniat regnum tuum.” Applies them to the Prayer of Quiet, and begins the explanation of …
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Chap 31 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 31 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Continues the same subject. Explains what is meant by the Prayer of Quiet. Gives several counsels to those who experience it. This chapter is very noteworthy. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFEC…
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Chap 32 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 32 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Expounds these words of the Paternoster: “Fiat voluntas tua sicut in coelo et in terra.” (Thy will done on Earth as it is in Heaven) Describes how much is accomplished by those who repeat these words with full resolution and how…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 33 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Treats of our great need that the Lord should give us what we ask in these words of the Paternoster: “Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie (Give us this day or daily bread).” For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfectio…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 39 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Continues the same subject and gives counsels concerning different kinds of temptation. Suggests two remedies by which we may be freed from temptations. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION b…
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Chap 34- The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 34 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Continues the same subject. This is very suitable for reading after the reception of the Most Holy Sacrament. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited b…
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Chap 40 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 40 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes how, by striving always to walk in the love and fear of God, we shall travel safely amid all these temptations. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translate…
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Chap 41 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 41 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Speaks of the fear of God and of how we must keep ourselves from venial sins. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited by E. ALLISON PEERS from the Crit…
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Chap 36 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 36 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Treats of these words in the Paternoster: “Dimitte nobis debita nostra.” (Forgive us our debts) For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited by E. ALLISON P…
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 37 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Describes the excellence of this prayer called the Paternoster, and the many ways in which we shall find consolation in it. For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Transla…
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Chap 38 – The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila – Mp3 audio
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THE WAY OF PERFECTION By St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 38 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Treats of the great need which we have to beseech the Eternal Father to grant us what we ask in these words: “Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo.” (And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil) …
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THE WAY OF PERFECTIONBy St. Teresa of Avila Chapter 42 For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Treats of these last words of the Paternoster: “Sed libera nos amalo. Amen.” “But deliver us from evil. Amen.” For other audio chapters of “The Way of Perfection” THE WAY OF PERFECTION by ST. TERESA OF AVILA Translated & Edited b…
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila St. Teresa’s introduction to the work: For all chapters of the audiobook visit: The Interior Castle audio page For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here Translated from the Autograph of St. Teresa of Jesus by The Benedictines of Stanbrook Thomas Baker, London [1921] …
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The First Mansions chapter 1 – The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila audio mp3 edition –
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The First Mansions Chapter 1: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. Plan of this book. 2. The Interior Castle. 3. Our curable self ignorance. 4. God dwells in the centre of the soul. 5. Why all souls do not receive certain favours. 6. Reasons for speaking of t…
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The First Mansions Chapter 2: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. Effects of mortal sin. 2. It prevents the soul’s gaining merit. 3. The soul compared to a tree. 4. Disorder of the soul in mortal sin. 5. Vision of a sinful soul. 6. Profit of realizing these …
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The Second Mansions Only Chapter – The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila audio mp3 edition –
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Second Mansion Only Chapter: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. Souls in the second mansions. 2. Their state. 3. Their sufferings. 4. They cannot get rid of their imperfections. 5. How God calls these souls. 6. perseverance is essential. 7. Temptations …
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The Third Mansions Chapter 1 – The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila audio mp3 edition –
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Third Mansion Chapter 1: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. Souls in the Third Mansions. 2. Insecurity of this life. 3. Our danger of falling from grace. 4. The Saint bewails her past life. 5. Our Lady’s patronage. 6. Fear necessary even for religious. …
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The Third Mansions Chapter 2 – The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila audio mp3 edition –
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Third Mansion Chapter 2: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. Imperfections of dwellers in the first three mansions. 2. Our trials show us our weakness. 3. Humility learnt by our faults. 4. Love of money. 5. Liberty of spirit. 6. On bearing contempt. 7. D…
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Fourth Mansion Chapter 1: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. Graces received in this mansion. 2. Mystic favours. 3. Temptations bring humility and merit. 4. Sensible devotion and natural joys. 5. Sweetness in devotion. 6. St. Teresa’s experience of it. …
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Fourth Mansion Chapter 2: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. Physical results of sensible devotion. 2. Effects of divine consolations. 3. The two fountains. 4.They symbolize two kinds of prayer. 5. Divine consolations shared by body and soul. 6. The inc…
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Fourth Mansion Chapter 3: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. The Prayer of recollection compared to the inhabitants of the castle. 2. The Shepherd recalls His flock into the castle. 3. This recollection supernatural. 4. It prepares us for higher favours…
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The Fifth Mansions chapter 1 – The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila audio mp3 edition –
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Fifth Mansions Chapter 1: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. Graces of the fifth mansions. 2. Contemplation to be striven for. 3. Physical effects of the Prayer of union. 4. Amazement of the intellect. 5. The Prayer of union and of quiet contrasted. 6. …
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Fifth Mansions Chapter 2: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. The soul compared to a butterfly. 2. The grandeurs of creation. 3. Symbol of the soul and the silkworm. 4. Preparation of the soul for God’s indwelling. 5. Mystic death of the silkworm. 6. Eff…
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Fifth Mansions Chapter 3: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. Zeal for souls left by divine union. 2. The soul may fall from such a state. 3. How divine union may always be obtained. 4. Union with the will of God the basis of all supernatural union. 5. A…
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The Fifth Mansions chapter 4 – The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila audio mp3 edition –
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Fifth Mansions Chapter 4: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here 1. The spiritual espousals. 2. The prayer of union resembles a betrothal. 3. Before the spiritual nuptials temptations are dangerous. 4. The great good done by souls faithful to these graces. 5. …
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THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS By St. Teresa of Avila The Sixth Mansions Chapter 1: For the pdf containing the complete text and footnotes click here For other audio chapters of “The Interior Castles” 1. Love kindled by divine favours. 2. Our Lord excites the soul’s longings. 3. Courage needed toreach the last mansions. 4. Trials accompanying …
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