5/20/2023 0 Comments St teresa of avila interior castleAt times, indeed very often, this may be only a fancy especially with persons of a lively imagination or who are afflicted with melancholy to any marked extent. He does this by means of words addressed to the soul in many different ways sometimes they appear to come from without at other timesįrom the inner depths of the soul or again, from its superior part while other speeches are so exterior as to be heard by the ears like a real voice.Ģ. GOD arouses the soul in another manner which, though in some ways apparently a greater favour than the above mentioned, yet may prove more dangerous, therefore I will give some particulars about it. First sign of genuine interior locutions. A confessor should be consulted about locutions. The devil suggests doubts about true locutions. Effect of the words: 'Be not troubled.' 8. Locutions frequently occur during prayer. GIVES SIGNS TO SHOW HOW TO DISCOVER WHETHER THIS FAVOUR IS A DECEPTION OR NOT: THIS IS VERY NOTEWORTHY.ġ. HOW WE SHOULD BEHAVE IN SUCH A CASE, IN WHICH WE MUST NOT FOLLOW OUR OWN OPINION. TREATS OF THE SAME SUBJECT AND OF THE WAY GOD IS SOMETIMES PLEASED TO SPEAK TO THE SOUL. Sacred Texts Christianity Index Previous Next The Interior Castle: The Sixth Mansions: Chapter III.
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