Self-knowledge – Contemplative Homeschool

4 Aug 2015

Final thoughts on Teresa’s fifth mansions

by Connie Rossini | posted in: Prayer and Virtue | 4

Today we finish the discussion of the fifth mansions in Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle. The soul is passive in the prayer of union, but she must not be passive in her spiritual life if she would maintain her … Continued

11 Nov 2014

Your soul is a castle

by Connie Rossini | posted in: Prayer and Virtue, Uncategorized | 4

Teresa of Avila wrote Interior Castle in obedience to her superiors in 1577. She had written extensively about prayer and her experience of it in her autobiography (Life) several years before, but that book was now in the hands of … Continued