Interior Castle (Thrift Editions)

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Probably her most important and widely studied work, it guides the spiritual seeker through each stage of development until the soul’s final union with the divine. Not even the boldest imagination could have designed so wonderful a picture of a soul adorned with graces at once so varied and so true.

The Interior Castle by Teresa Of Avila: 9781594480058

I will say no more of this vision and the Mansions, because your Reverence must by now have seen this admirable book, and must know with what accuracy, with what majestic doctrine, with what lucid examples she describes the progress of the soul from the gate to the very centre. This holy Mother desired to see the beauty of a soul in the state of grace, a thing greatly to be coveted both for the sake of seeing and of possessing it. What I feel and judge of this matter is, that everything that has been read to me is conformable to Catholic truth and in accordance with Holy Scripture and the teaching of the Saints. It comprises a hundred and thirteen leaves in folio, but originally there must have been some more leaves which at a later period were torn out.The concept of an "interior" life is still important in Spanish thinking in the twenty-first century. After the publication of the Interior Castle, in 1588 at Salamanca, it became not only more widely known, but also more and more appreciated.

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Course material will be presented in a format modeled after the structure of James Finley’s retreats. I cannot conceive, my Creator, why the whole world does not strive to draw near to Thee in this intimate friendship. In certain moments and for a short time, the soul even loses the faculties of the intellect and memory. We should attempt to discover that we are in fact the wondrous soul inside and we live inheaven with our DAD who, owns it .The rhythm of the teaching will follow the same flow: an invitation to contemplative practice, a teaching, personal reflection questions, sharing in group discussions, and an invitation to contemplative practice. For example, I’ve heard mystics say that each person is a part of God, but Teresa councils that we should contemplate God to realize our own foulness and lowliness. The devil frequently fills our thoughts with great schemes, so that instead of putting our hands to what work we can do to serve our Lord, we may rest satisfied with wishing to perform impossibilities. In the one and the other, the soul, purified from earthly dross, is gradually being invested with new and glorious qualities, and is being led through regions unknown until it arrives at the very threshold of the throne of God.

The Interior Castle: Teresa of Avila, Mirabai Starr

Jesus said that the riches and pleasures of the world can still choke those who hear the word of God. These struck me as very similar to what my confessor has told me in the Confessional on occasion, ‘Jesus has forgiven you as soon as you decided to come here and all the angels and saints, your patrons especially, are celebrating, as they do whenever you come to ask forgiveness.This book is not to be read once, but to be read and reread, in short passages at a time, and to be prayed over and contemplated after reading.