If your recollection is going to be continual… it is very important to consult persons with experience… Provided that we don’t give up, the Lord will guide everything for our benefit, even though we may not find someone to teach us.
Saint Teresa of Jesus
Contemplation is Never an Independent Affair But Sometimes the Only Teacher is the Lord
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[…] Teresa pointed out that, “Provided that we don’t give up, the Lord will guide everything for our benefit, […]
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[…] Bam! That is why it’s better to keep silence. Jesus is the closest and most intimate spiritual director, and he will work out what’s going on – indeed, it is his providence which has constructed and permitted whatever is going on – and he, the risen Lord dwelling in our hearts and in the nearest tabernacle, will take control and protect his little ones when their directors are lost for words and lost for understanding (and, indeed, when there is no director at all). […]
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