Beginning a Deeper Prayer Life with Saint Teresa of Avila - Second Mansions - TOG EP 124

How does the soul know it has entered the Second Mansions stage of prayer life? What kind of struggles and warfare does the soul embrace as it tries to move deeper into Jesus? Over the last three episodes of The Interior Castle, we acquired our fundamental knowledge of prayer life and the practice of His presence, and we are invited to move into the Second Mansions.

Timeline:

00:00:00  Show Intro - Growing in Prayer to the Second Mansions

 00:01:15 Recap on the First Mansions

 00:01:59 Second Mansions Chapter 1 Introduction

 00:05:10 Second Mansions Chapter 1 Overview

 00:14:03 Paragraph 1 - Saint Teresa wrote elsewhere on this subject

 00:15:04 Paragraph 2

 00:15:45 Paragraph 3

 00:18:52 Paragraph 4 - Self-Knowledge in the Second Mansions

 00:21:05 Paragraph 5 - How God speaks to us in the Second Mansions

 00:21:42 Paragraph 6 - Persevering and waiting on the Holy Spirit

 00:22:37 Paragraph 7 - The faculties of the soul and spiritual warfare

 00:23:32 Paragraph 8 - Spiritual warfare on the soul in the Second Mansions

 00:24:57 Paragraph 9 - The will and the love for Jesus

 00:25:33 Paragraph 10 - The soul begins a relationship with Jesus

 00:27:32 Paragraph 11 - Trials in the Second Mansions

 00:28:25 Paragraph 12 - Associate with people who are farther in the castle 

 00:29:17 Paragraph 13 - Do not petition Jesus for spiritual favors!

 00:32:11 Paragraph 14 - Spiritual desires leads to a weak foundation in prayer!

 00:32:51 Paragraph 15 - Submitting to Jesus’ will builds a strong foundation!

 00:38:02 Paragraph 17 - Place your trust in the mercy of God!

 00:39:41 Spiritual Exercises - Practicing Second Mansions Teresan Prayer

 00:41:27 Conclusion and Review of the Second Mansions 

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Show Notes

The Second Mansions MP3 audio from Discerning Hearts

The Interior Castle PDF (Zimmerman translation) from Discerning Hearts

Till Next Time

I pray you found this information valuable to your prayer life.

God Bless

Rev. Mike