Oh, powerful love of God, how different are your effects from those of the world’s love! This latter love doesn’t want company since company would seem to oblige it to give up what it possesses. In the case of the love of my God, the more lovers that love knows there are, the more it increases… So the soul looks for ways to find company, and willingly sets aside joy [in solitude] when it can be of some help that others might strive to enjoy it.
Saint Teresa of Jesus
The Soul Looks for Company in the Love of God
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I found a book of St Teresa of Jesus yesterday when my husband and I were decluttering. Strange how the physical act of decluttering is like the spiritual decluttering of Lent.
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^_^ Which book did you find?
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‘The Interior Castle or The Mansions’. Is St. Teresa of Jesus the same as St. Teresa of Avila?
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Same person. =)
This is her last book, probably her most systematic (but still lively), usually thought of as her ‘masterpiece’ or a ‘condensed version’ of her wisdom.
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Thank you. Perhaps it won’t go to the charity shop then. I’ll put it on my ‘to read’ pile :-)
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Contemplative in the Mud 