The Interior Castle or The Mansions
S. Teresa of Jesus
of the Order of our Lady of Carmel
St. Teresa of Avila
Mansion 7 Chapter 3
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Mansion 7 Chapter 3
Chapter Contents
▪ The Great Fruits Produced
By The Above-Mentioned Prayer.
▪ The Wonderful Difference
Between These Effects
And Those Formerly Described
Should Be
Carefully Studied
And
Remembered.
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1. Effects of the graces last received.
2. The soul only cares for God's honour.
3. But still performs its duties.
4. Other fruits of these favours.
5. The soul's fervent desire to serve God.
6. Christ dwells within this soul.
7. And recalls it to fervour if negligent.
8. God's constant care of such souls.
9. Their peace and silence.
10. Few ecstasies in the Seventh Mansions.
11. Probable reasons for this.
12. Allusions in Holy Scripture
to this state.
13. Watchfulness of such souls.
14. Crosses suffered in this state.
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Mansion 7 Chapter 3
CHAPTER III.
1. Effects of the graces last received.
1.
THE little butterfly has died
with the greatest joy
at having found rest at last,
and
now Christ lives in her. [420]
Let us see the difference
between her present and her former life,
for the effects will prove
whether what I told you was true.
As far as can be ascertained
they are these:
first,
a self-forgetfulness so complete
that she really appears not to exist,
as I said, [421]
for such a transformation
has been worked in her
that she
▪ no longer recognizes herself;
▪ nor does she remember
that heaven, or life, or glory are to be hers,
but seems entirely occupied
in seeking God's interests.
Apparently the words spoken by His Majesty
have done their work:
'that she was to care for His affairs,
and
He would care for hers.' [422]
2. The soul only cares for God's honour.
2.
Thus she reckons nothing,
whatever happens,
but lives in such strange oblivion
that, as I stated,
she seems
no longer to exist,
nor does she wish to be
of any account in anything -- anything!
unless she sees that she can advance,
however little,
the honour and glory of God,
for which she would most willingly die.
3. But still performs its duties.
3.
Do not fancy I mean, daughters,
that she neglects
to eat and drink,
though it brings no small torment to her,
or
to perform the duties of her state.
I am speaking of her interior;
as regards her exterior actions,
there is little to say,
for her chief suffering is to see
that she has hardly strength
to do anything.
For nothing in the world
would she omit doing all she can
which she knows would honour our Lord.
4. Other fruits of these favours.
4.
The second fruit
is a strong desire for suffering,
though it does not disturb her peace
as before
because the fervent wish of such souls
for the fulfilment of God's will in them
makes them acquiesce in all He does.
If He would have her suffer,
she is content;
if not,
she does not torment herself to death
about it
as she used to do.
as she used to do.
She
feels a great interior joy when persecuted,
and
is far more peaceful than in the former state
under such circumstances:
She bears
no grudge against her enemies,
nor wishes them any ill.
Indeed she
has a special love for them,
is deeply grieved at seeing them in trouble,
and
does all she can to relieve them, [423]
earnestly interceding with God
on their behalf.
She would be glad to forfeit the favours
His Majesty shows her,
if they might be given to her enemies instead,
to prevent their offending our Lord.
5. The soul's fervent desire to serve God.
5.
The most surprising thing to me
is that the sorrow and distress
which such souls felt
because they could not
die and enjoy our Lord's presence
[424]
are now exchanged for
as fervent a desire
- of serving Him,
- of causing Him to be praised,
and
- of helping others
to the utmost of their power.
Not only have they ceased
to long for death,
but they wish for
a long life
and
most heavy crosses,
if such would bring
ever so little honour to our Lord.
Thus, if they knew for certain
that immediately on quitting their bodies,
their souls would enjoy God,
it would make no difference to them,
nor do they think of the glory
enjoyed by the saints,
and long to share it.
Such souls hold
that their glory consists
in helping, in any way, Him
Who was crucified,
in helping, in any way, Him
Who was crucified,
especially as they see
how men offend against Him,
and
how few, detached from all else,
care for His honour alone.
True, people in this state
forget this at times,
and
are seized with tender longings
are seized with tender longings
to enjoy God
and
to leave this land of exile,
especially as they see
how little they serve Him.
Then,
returning to themselves
and
reflecting how they possess Him
continually in their souls,
they are satisfied,
offering to His Majesty
their willingness to live
as the most costly oblation
they can make.
they can make.
[425]
They fear death no more
than they would a delicious trance.
6. Christ dwells within this soul.
[ 6.
The fact is,
that He Who gave them
these torturing desires of death
has exchanged them for the others.
May He be for ever blessed and praised!
Amen.
In fact,
such persons no longer wish
for consolations nor delights,
since they bear God Himself within them,
and
it is He Who lives in them.
It is evident
that His life was one continual torment:
So would He have ours to be,
at least in desire,
for as to the rest,
He leads us mercifully
as our weakness requires,
though when He sees the need
He imparts to us His strength. ]
7. And recalls it to fervour if negligent.
7.
Such a soul,
thoroughly detached from all things,
wishes to be
- either always alone
or
- occupied on what benefits
the souls of others:
she feels
neither aridity
nor any interior troubles,
but a constant tender recollection
of our Lord
of our Lord
Whom she wishes to praise unceasingly.
When she grows negligent,
the same Lord arouses her in the way
that I told you,
and
it is easy to see
that this impulse
(I know not what term to use for it)
comes from the interior of the soul,
like the former impetuous desires. [426]
It is now felt very sweetly,
but is
neither produced by the intellect
nor the memory,
nor is there reason to believe
the soul itself has any share in it.
This is so usual and so frequent
that whoever has been in this state
must have noticed it.
However large a fire may be,
the flame never burns downwards,
but upwards,
and so
this movement is seen to come
from the centre of the soul
whose powers it excites.
Indeed,
were nothing else gained
by this way of prayer
but the knowledge
- of the special care
God takes to communicate Himself to us
and
- how He entreats us to abide with Him
(for indeed I can describe it
in no other way)
I think that for the sake of
these sweet and penetrating
touches of His love
all our past pains would be well spent.
8. God's constant care of such souls.
8.
You will have learnt this
by experience, sisters,
for I think that
when our Lord has brought us
to the prayer of union,
He watches over us in this way
unless we neglect
to keep His commandments.
When these impulses are given you,
remember that they come
from the innermost mansion,
where God dwells in our souls.
Praise Him fervently,
for it is He
Who sends you this message or love letter,
so tenderly written,
and
in a cipher
that only you can understand and know
what He asks.
By no means neglect to answer His Majesty,
even though you may be
occupied exteriorly
and
engaged in conversation.
Our Lord may often be pleased
to show you this secret favour in public;
but it is very easy,
as the reply should be entirely interior,
- to respond by an act of love
or
- to ask with Saint Paul:
'Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"
[427]
Jesus will show you in many ways
how to please Him.
It is a propitious moment,
for He seems to be listening to us
and
the soul is nearly always disposed
by this delicate touch to respond
with a generous determination. [428]
As I told you,
this mansion differs from the rest
in that, as I said, [429]
the dryness and disturbance felt
in all the rest at times
hardly ever enter here,
where the soul is nearly always calm.
It does not fear
that this sublime favour
can be counterfeited by the devil,
but feels a settled conviction
that it is of divine origin
because, as above stated,
nothing is here perceived
by the senses or faculties
but His Majesty reveals Himself
to the spirit,
which He takes to be with Himself
in a place
where I doubt not the devil dares not enter,
nor would our Lord ever permit him.
9. Their peace and silence.
9.
All the graces here divinely bestowed
on the soul
come, as I said,
through no action of its own
except
its total abandonment of itself to God.
They are given in peace and silence,
like the building of Solomon's Temple
where no sound was heard. [430]
It is thus with this temple of God,
this mansion of His
where He and the soul rejoice
in each other
in each other
alone in profound silence.
The mind need
not act
nor search for anything,
as the Lord Who created it
wishes it
- to be at rest
and
- only to watch through a little chink,
what passes within.
Though at times it cannot see this,
yet such intervals are very short,
I believe because the powers are
not here lost
not here lost
but only cease to work,
being, as it were, dazed with astonishment.
10. Few ecstasies in the Seventh Mansions.
10.
I, too, am astonished at seeing that
when the soul arrives at this state,
it does not go into ecstasies
except perhaps on rare occasions--
even then they are not like
the former trances
and
the flight of the spirit
and
seldom take place in public
as they did before. [431]
They are no longer produced
by any special calls to devotion,
such as
by the sight of a religious picture,
by hearing a sermon
(were it only the first few words),
or
by sacred music;
Formerly,
like the poor little butterfly,
the soul was so anxious
that anything used to
alarm it
and
make it take flight.
This may be
either because the spirit
has at last found repose,
or that it has seen such wonders
in this mansion
that nothing can frighten it,
or perhaps because it no longer
feels solitary
since it rejoices in such Company.
11. Probable reasons for this.
11.
In short, sisters,
I cannot tell the reason,
but as soon as God
- shows the soul
what this mansion contains,
- bringing it to dwell within the precincts,
the infirmity formerly
so troublesome to the mind
and
impossible to get over,
disappears at once.
Probably this is
because our Lord has now
strengthened, dilated, and developed
the soul,
or
it may be that He wished to make public
(for some end known only to Himself)
what He was doing in secret
within such souls,
for His judgments are
beyond our comprehension in this life.
12. Allusions in Holy Scripture
to this state.
12.
These effects,
with all the other good fruits
I have mentioned
of the different degrees of prayer,
are given by God to the soul
when it draws near Him
to receive that 'kiss of His mouth'
for which the bride asked, [432]
and
I believe her petition is now granted.
Here the overflowing waters
are given to the wounded hart:
Here,
she delights in the tabernacles of God:
she delights in the tabernacles of God:
[433]
Here the dove sent out by Noah
to see whether the flood had subsided,
has plucked the olive branch,
showing that she has found firm land
amongst the floods and tempests of this world
[434].
O Jesus!
Who knows how much in Holy Scripture
refers to this peace of soul?
Since, O my God,
Thou dost see of what grave import
is this peace to us,
do Thou incite Christians to strive to gain it!
In Thy mercy do not deprive those of it
on whom Thou hast bestowed it,
for until Thou hast
given them true peace
and
brought them to where it is unending,
they must ever live in fear.
13. Watchfulness of such souls.
13.
I do not mean
that peace is unreal on earth
because I say 'true peace,'
but that such souls might have to begin
all their struggles over again
if they forsook God.
What must these people feel
at the thought
that it is possible to lose so great a good?
Their dread makes them more careful;
They try to gather strength
from their weakness;
Lest, through their own fault,
they should miss any opportunity
of pleasing God better.
The greater the favours
they have received from His Majesty,
the more diffident and mistrustful
are they of themselves;
The marvels they have witnessed
having revealed more clearly to them
their own miseries
and
the heinousness of their sins,
so that often,
like the publican,
like the publican,
they dare not so much as lift up their eyes.
[435]
14. Crosses suffered in this state.
14.
Sometimes they long
to die and be in safety,
but then their love at once
makes them wish to live
in order to serve God, as I told you;
Therefore they commit
all that concerns them
to His mercy. [436]
At times they are more crushed than ever
by the thought of the many graces
they have received;
Lest, like an overladen ship,
they sink beneath the burden.
I assure you, sisters,
such souls have their cross to bear,
yet it does
not trouble them
nor rob them of their peace,
but is quickly gone
like a wave or a storm
which is followed by a calm,
for God's presence within them
soon makes them forget all else.
May He be for ever
blessed and praised by all His creatures!
Amen.
Foot Notes:
[420]
Gal. ii. 20.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #1's
Footnote reference #209
"now Christ lives in her. [420] "
Gal. ii. 20.
19 For I, through the law,
am dead to the law,
that I may live to God:
with Christ I am nailed to the cross.
20 And I live, now not I;
but Christ liveth in me.
And that (life)I live now in the flesh:
I live in the faith of the Son of God,
Who loved me,
and delivered himself for me.
[ Gal 2: 19 - 20 ]
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[421]
Castle, M. vii. ch. i. 11 and 15.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #1's
Footnote reference #421
"a self-forgetfulness so complete
that she really appears not to exist,
as I said, [421]
for such a transformation
has been worked in her
that she
▪ no longer recognizes herself;
▪ nor does she remember
that heaven, or life, or glory
are to be hers,
but seems entirely occupied
in seeking God's interests. "
Castle, M. vii. ch. i. 11
"she is far more active than before
in all that concerns God's service"
[Interior Castle: Mansion 7: Ch. 1: #11]
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Castle, M. vii. ch. i. 15.
Whatever were her trials or labours,
the centre of her soul seemed
never moved from its resting-place.
Thus,
in a manner her soul appeared divided:
...her soul...enjoying solitary peace
while leaving her so full
of troubles and occupations
that she could not keep it company.
[Interior Castle: Mansion 7: Ch. 1: #14]
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[422]
Castle, M. vii. ch. ii. 1.
Compare the references there given.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #1's
Footnote reference #422
"Apparently the words spoken
by His Majesty
have done their work:
'that she was to care for His affairs,
and
He would care for hers.' [422] "
Castle, M. vii. ch. ii. 1.
"...an imaginary vision
of His most sacred Humanity,
reveals Himself to the soul
...
He told her that henceforth
she was to care for His affairs
as though they were her own
and
He would care for hers:
[Interior Castle: Mansion 7: Ch. 2: #1]
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[423]
Don Alvaro de Mendoza,
Bishop of Avila,
used to say that the best means
of obtaining St. Teresa's friendship
was to injure or insult her,
Acta Ss. n, 1233.
Rel. vii. 20.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #4's
Footnote reference #423
"She bears
no grudge against her enemies,
nor wishes them any ill.
Indeed she
has a special love for them,
is deeply grieved at seeing them in trouble,
and
does all she can to relieve them,
[423]
earnestly interceding with God
on their behalf. "
Acta Ss. n, 1233.
Acta Santorum
( Acts of the Saints)
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Rel. vii. 20.
she had almost always
a great desire to suffer; and
in the persecutions she underwent,
and they were many,
she was comforted, and
had a particular affection
for her persecutors.
She had a great desire
to be poor and lonely, and
to depart out of this land of exile
in order to see God.
[ Relation 7: #20 ]
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[424]
Rel. viii. 15.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #5's
Footnote reference #424
"the sorrow and distress
which such souls felt
because they could not
die and enjoy our Lord's presence
[424]
are now exchanged for
as fervent a desire of serving Him"
Rel. viii. 15.
The ordinary impetus is,
that this desire of serving God
comes on with a certain tenderness,
accompanied with tears,
out of a longing to depart
from this land of exile;
but as the soul retains its freedom,
wherein it reflects that its living on,
(its continued life )
is according to our Lord's will,
it takes comfort in that thought, and
offers its life to Him,
beseeching Him
that it may last only
for His glory.
This done, it bears all.
[ Relation 8: #15 ]
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[425]
Compare with the Saint's poem
on self-oblation:
Vuestro soy, para
Vos naci'
(Poem i. Minor Works).
Long life bestow,
or straightway let me die;
Let health be mine,
or pain and sickness send;
Honour
or foul dishonour--
be my path
Beset by war
or peaceful till the end.
My strength
or weakness
be as Thou dost choose,
Since naught Thou askest
shall I e'er refuse.
Say, Lord,
what is it Thou dost will for me?
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #5's
Footnote reference #425
"they are satisfied,
offering to His Majesty
their willingness to live
as the most costly oblation they can make.
[425]"
Vuestro soy, para
Vos naci'
Lord, I am Thine,
for I was born for Thee !
Another excerpt from
(Poem i. Minor Works):
And tell me, Lord,
what Thou dost ask of me !
Lo, I am Thine ! Thou hast created me :
And I am Thine, Thou hast redeemed me :
And I am Thine,
for Thou dost bear with me,
And Thine, for Thou hast called me to Thee,
And Thine,
Who dost preserve me at Thy cost
Nor leavest me to perish 'mid the lost —
Say what it is, Lord, Thou dost will of me.
[ Minor Works Of St. Teresa
Exclamations, Maxims And Poems
Of Saint Teresa Of Jesus
Poem #1 (excerpts)
Translation:
The Benedictines Of Stanbrook ]
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[426]
Castle, M. vi. ch. vi. 6.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #7's
Footnote reference #426
"that this impulse
(I know not what term to use for it)
comes from the interior of the soul,
like the former impetuous desires.
[426] "
Castle, M. vi. ch. vi. 6.
As, strive how she may,
she cannot resist desiring
to receive these graces,
she resigns herself into God's hands.
...
God bestows on such people
so intense a desire
neither ever to displease Him
in however small a matter,
nor to commit
any avoidable imperfection,
[Interior Castle: Mansion 6: Ch. 6: #2]
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[427]
Acts ix. 6:
Domine, quid me vis facere?''
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #8's
Footnote reference #427
"Our Lord may often be pleased
to show you this secret favour in public;
but it is very easy,
as the reply should be entirely interior,
- to respond by an act of love
or
- to ask with Saint Paul:
'Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?'
[427]"
Acts ix. 6:
Domine, quid me vis facere?
Saul,
3 And as he went on his journey,
it came to pass
that he drew nigh to Damascus; and
suddenly a light from heaven
shined round about him.
4 And falling on the ground,
he heard a voice saying to him:
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5 Who said: Who art thou, Lord?
And he:
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest...
6 And he trembling and astonished, said:
Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?
7 And the Lord said to him:
Arise, and go into the city, and
there it shall be told thee
what thou must do
[ Acts 9: 3- 7 ]
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[428]
The words from
'know what He asks'
to
' as I told you'
are not in the original manuscript,
but must have been written
on a separate slip,
as is proved by a marginal note
in the handwriting of the Saint:
Quando dice aqui: os pide,
lease luego este papel.'
This paper is now lost,
but the passage it contained is preserved
in the early manuscript copies
of Toledo, Cordova and Salamanca,
as well as in the first printed edition,
and, through this, in the old translations;
Hence both Woodhead and Dalton
have it in its proper place.
It is, of course,
not to be found in the autograph
published in 1882,
nor in Fuente's Spanish editions
nor in translations based upon these,
The Spanish text will be found
in OEuvres vi, 297 note.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #8's
Footnote reference #428
"Praise Him fervently,
for it is He
Who sends you this message or love letter,
so tenderly written,
and
in a cipher
that only you can understand and"
->
"know what He asks.
By no means neglect
to answer His Majesty,
even though you may be
occupied exteriorly
and
engaged in conversation.
Our Lord may often be pleased
to show you this secret favour in public;
but it is very easy,
as the reply should be entirely interior,
- to respond by an act of love
or
- to ask with Saint Paul:
'Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"
[427]
Jesus will show you in many ways
how to please Him.
It is a propitious moment,
for He seems to be listening to us
and
the soul is nearly always disposed
by this delicate touch to respond
with a generous determination. [428]
As I told you, "
. . . . . . . . . . .
Quando dice aqui:
os pide,
lease luego este papel.
"When it says here: 'He asks',
then read this paper."
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[429]
Supra # 1 and #2.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #8's
Footnote reference #429
"this mansion differs from the rest
in that, as I said, [429]
the dryness and disturbance felt
in all the rest at times
hardly ever enter here,
where the soul is nearly always calm. "
Supra # 1
now Christ lives in her.
Let us see the difference
between her present and her former life,
for the effects will prove
whether what I told you was true.
[Interior Castle: Mansion 7: Ch. 3: #1]
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Supra #2.
she seems
no longer to exist,
nor does she wish to be
of any account in anything --anything!
unless she sees that she can advance,
however little,
the honour and glory of God,
for which she would most willingly die.
[Interior Castle: Mansion 7: Ch. 3: #2]
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[430]
III Reg. vi. 7.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #9's
Footnote reference #430
"All the graces here divinely bestowed
on the soul
come... through no action of its own
except
its total abandonment of itself to God.
They are given in peace and silence,
like the building of Solomon's Temple
where no sound was heard. [430] "
III Reg. vi. 7.
And the house,
when it was in building,
was built of stones hewed and made ready:
so that there was
neither hammer nor axe
nor any tool of iron heard in the house
when it was in building.
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[431]
'That is, so as to lose the senses'
(marginal note in the Saints' handwriting).
Rel. iii. 5.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #10's
Footnote reference #431
"it does not go into ecstasies
except perhaps on rare occasions--
even then they are not like
the former trances
and
the flight of the spirit
and
seldom take place in public
as they did before. [431] "
Rel. iii. 5.
Thinking how it was
that I scarcely ever fell into a trance
of late in public,
I heard this:
"It is not necessary now;
thou art sufficiently esteemed
for My purpose;
we are considering the weakness
of the wicked."
[ Relation 3: #5 ]
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[432]
Cant. i. I.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #12's
Footnote reference #432
"These effects,
with all the other good fruits ...
of the different degrees of prayer,
are given by God to the soul
when it draws near Him
to receive that 'kiss of His mouth'
for which the bride asked, [432] "
Cant. i. I.
2 Let him kiss me
with the kiss of his mouth:
...
4 Draw me: we will run after thee
to the odour of thy ointments.
The king hath brought me
into his storerooms:
we will be glad and rejoice in thee..."
[ Canticles 1: 2 - 4 ]
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[433]
Ps. xli, 2, 5.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #12's
Footnote reference #433
"I believe her petition is now granted.
Here the overflowing waters
are given to the wounded hart:
Here she delights
in the tabernacles of God: [433]"
Ps. xli, 2, 5.
3 Send forth thy light and thy truth :
they have conducted me, and
brought me unto thy holy hill,
and into thy tabernacles.
4 And I will go in to the altar of God :
to God who giveth joy to my youth.
[ Psalm 43: 3 - 4 ]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"As the hart panteth
after the fountains of water;
so my soul panteth after thee, O God.
My soul hath thirsted
after the strong living God;
when shall I come and appear
before the face of God?
My tears have been my bread
day and night,
whilst it is said to me daily :
Where is thy God?
These things I remembered,
and poured out my soul in me:
for I shall go over
into the place
of the wonderful tabernacle,
even to the house of God"
[ Psalm 42: 1 - 4 ]
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[434]
Gen. viii. 10, 11.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #12's
Footnote reference #434
"Here the dove sent out by Noah
to see whether the flood had subsided,
has plucked the olive branch,
showing that she has found firm land
amongst the floods and tempests
of this world [434]. "
Gen. viii. 10, 11.
8 He sent forth also a dove after him,
to see if the waters had now ceased
upon the face of the earth.
9 But she,
not finding where her foot might rest,
returned to him into the ark:
for the waters were upon the whole earth:
and he put forth his hand,
and caught her, and brought her
into the ark.
10 And having waited yet seven other days,
he again sent forth the dove out
of the ark.
11 And she came to him in the evening,
carrying a bough of an olive tree,
with green leaves, in her mouth.
Noah therefore understood
that the waters were ceased
upon the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days:
and he sent forth the dove,
which returned not any more unto him.
[ Gen 8: 8 - 12 ]
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[435]
St. Luke. xviii. 13.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #13's
Footnote reference #435
"The marvels they have witnessed
having revealed more clearly to them
their own miseries
and
the heinousness of their sins,
so that often, like the publican,
they dare not so much as lift up their eyes.
[435]"
St. Luke. xviii. 13.
"And the publican, standing afar off,
would not so much as lift up his eyes
towards heaven;
but struck his breast, saying:
O god, be merciful to me a sinner.
14 I say to you,
this man went down into his house
justified rather that the other:
because
every one that exalteth himself,
shall be humbled:
and he that humbleth himself,
shall be exalted.
[ Luke 18: 13 - 14 ]
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[436]
Rel. ix. 19.
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Blog Addition:
Regarding Paragraph #14's
Footnote reference #436
"Sometimes they long
to die and be in safety,
but then their love at once
makes them wish to live
in order to serve God, as I told you;
Therefore they commit
all that concerns them
to His mercy. [436] "
Rel. ix. 19.
I was thinking how hard it was
to remain alive,
seeing that it was living on
that robbed us
of that marvellous companionship;
and so I said to myself:
"O Lord, show me some way
whereby I may bear this life!"
He said unto me:
"Think, my child,
when life is over,
thou canst not
serve Me
as thou art serving Me now,
and
eat for Me,
and
sleep for Me.
Whatsoever thou doest,
let it be done for Me
as if thou wert no longer living,
but I;
for that is what St. Paul said."
[ Relation 9: #19 ]
Galat. ii. 20:
"Vivo autem, jam non ego:
vivit vero in me Christus."
And I live, now
not I;
but Christ liveth in me.
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End of
Mansion 7 Chapter 3
The Interior Castle
or
The Mansions
S. Teresa of Jesus
of the Order of our Lady of Carmel
St. Teresa of Avila
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