Sunday, September 26, 2021

Saint Teresa of Avila - Interior Castle Fifth Mansions Chapter 04 - Ep 32

TOG returns to the spiritual, literary classic, Saint Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle. We dive back into the Mystical Fifth Mansions - Chapter 04. Where Teresa gives a deeper explanation on the Prayer of Quiet, she describes it as a step in the Sacrament of Spiritual Marriage, a Seventh Mansion experience in the interior life of deep prayer. In the Fifth Mansions, she explains that in this stage of spiritual development, the soul is in a state of per-betrothal to the indwelling Jesus Christ. So pull up a chair by the fire and tune in to the podcast as we examine the details of the mystical prayer of union through the words of our experienced guide, Saint Teresa of Avila!

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Interior Castle Fifth Mansion Chapter 04 - HTML Online

Interior Castle: The Classic Text with a Spiritual Commentary - mentioned on TOG

Post Edit Correction - on the third waters. I gave the wrong representation.

In the Third Water the Lord Himself takes over the watering of the garden through irrigation. Whereas in the First Water the well could run dry and one would have to wait until it filled up again, in this Third Water the Lord provides an endless stream of water for irrigation. This is the Fifth Mansion in which the Lord enters the center of the soul. In the prayer of simple union the interior faculties of memory and imagination are penetrated with the divine light of the Holy Spirit. As the soul becomes transformed it undergoes a radical detachment from worldly concerns. The garden is becoming lush with blooms. There are different levels or intensifications of this mystical prayer of union. Once the soul has experienced this indwelling it retains a certainty of the experience.

If Only You Knew.. Saint Teresa and the Waters of Prayer

Till Next Time!

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Rev. Mike

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Sunday, September 13, 2020

Tales of Glory - We enter into the mystical mansions of the interior castle. In Saint Teresa's Fourth Mansions Chapter 02, she tells us about the infused prayer experience of the Prayer of Quiet. How God enters the superior part of the Soul and embraces it. The will is captivated as it goes towards God in the center mansions.

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