St. Alphonsus Liguori on Devotion to the Passion
From chapter five of The Holy Eucharist. Who can deny that, of all devotions, devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ is the most useful, “St. Alphonsus Liguori on Devotion to the Passion”
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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 of cultivating virtue to grow in love for God; his method of the spiritual life is called “the Way of Divine Love.”
Born in the Duchy of Savoy, St. Francis de Sales was the Bishop of Geneva in the early 17th century.
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Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila
St. Teresa of Avila’s The Interior Castle is a guide to the spiritual life. The book explains how a soul can journey through seven stages — shown as seven mansions — that end with total union with God.
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Excerpts From Interior Castle
“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.”
St. Teresa of Avila on Suffering for a Greater Place in Heaven
From chapter 37 of The Life of Teresa of Jesus. If I were asked which I preferred, to endure all the trials of the world “St. Teresa of Avila on Suffering for a Greater Place in Heaven”