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     St Teresa of AvilaST TERESA OF AVILA (1515-1582)

It must be carefully noted (and I say this because I know it by experience) that the soul which begins to walk resolutely in the way of mental prayer and can persuade itself to set little store by consolations and tenderness in devotion, and neither to be elated when the Lord gives them nor disconsolate when He withholds them, has already travelled a great part of its journey.  However often it may stumble, it need not fear a relapse, for its building has been begun on a firm foundation.

 

 

 

 

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In their many different idioms the classical spiritual writers have attempted to throw light on the eternal question of union with God. 
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