“Let us now imagine that this castle, as I have said, contains many mansions, some above, others below, others at each side; and in the centre and midst of them all is the chiefest mansion where the most secret things pass between God and the soul.”
“I want you to consider what will be the state of this castle, so beautiful and resplendent this Orient pearl, this tree of life, planted in the living waters of life — namely, in God — when the soul falls into a mortal sin. No thicker darkness exists, and there is nothing dark and black which is not much less so than this.”
In this work, St. Alphonsus Liguori, an 18th-century Italian bishop and theologian, meditates on Christ’s Passion. The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ uses both “The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ by St. Alphonsus Liguori”
Here are 20 quotes by St. Alphonsus Liguori, an 18th-century Italian bishop who was named a Doctor of the Church. Enkindle Love for God “If, “20 Beautiful Quotes by St. Alphonsus Liguori”
St. Alphonsus Liguori encourages readers in this short treatise to unite their will entirely with the divine will. Click here to read a free pdf “Uniformity With God’s Will by St. Alphonsus Liguori”
In Treatise on the Love of God, St. Francis de Sales guides the reader through deepening their relationship with God. He focuses on the importance “Treatise on the Love of God by St. Francis de Sales”
This short treatise is attributed to the 13th-century German Dominican friar St. Albert the Great. Cleaving to God is a mystical and contemplative work, explaining how God’s “Cleaving to God by St. Albert the Great”
St. Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle is a guide to the spiritual life. The book explains how a soul can journey through seven stages — shown “Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila”
Prologue As I have been commanded and left at liberty to describe at length my way of prayer, and the workings of the grace of “The Life of St. Teresa of Avila“
From stanza 11 of The Spiritual Canticle. Moses, on Mount Sinai in the presence of God, saw such glimpses of the majesty and beauty of “St. John of the Cross: Glimpses of the Majesty of God”
St. Catherine of Siena, who lived in 14th-century Italy, experienced mystical visions and dictated these revelations into the book now known as the The Dialogue of “The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena“
St. Thérèse of Lisieux, a 19th-century French Carmelite nun, wrote this autobiography, which she predicted would have a great impact on the spiritual lives of “The Story of a Soul by St. Thérèse of Liseux”
