Growing in Perfect Charity St. Teresa of Avila Spiritual Guidance from Saint Teresa of Avila The following was taken from The Way of Perfection by Saint Teresa of Avila. In these excerpts, Saint Read More »
The Interior Castle: The Gate of Meditation and Prayer St. Teresa of Avila Now let us return to our beautiful and charming castle and discover how to enter it. This appears incongruous: if this castle is the soul, Read More »
The Interior Castle: Chapter 1 St. Teresa of Avila WHILE I was begging our Lord today to speak for me, since I knew not what to say nor how to commence this work which Read More »
St. Teresa of Avila’s Five Steps of Meditation Fr. Peter Thomas Rorhbach, OCD We have outlined five general steps in St. Teresa’s method of meditation: 1. Preparation: It is difficult to launch into prayer from the midst of Read More »