I ask if the Carmelite writer, Sr. Ruth Burrows, includes commentary on the Minor Work, 'Soliloquies'?
Full text of "Minor works of St. Teresa; conceptions of the love of God ...
The Minor Writings of St. Teresa, — Minor because they occupy but little space in print,..... Although not a commentary on the Canticle of Canticles, the Conceptions do ......According to the legend, Catherine saw in a vision the Blessed Virgin ask ..... not because he does not understand Thee " [St. Augustine's Soliloquies. [Allison Peers]
The contemporary reader most often has two complaints about the text of St. Teresa's Life. The first is that her literary style is diffuse and digressive. As Fr. Kieran Kavanaugh, one of the modern translators of the Life, has remarked: "As though her thoughts were jostling with each other for position, her sentences often become highly involved with parentheses and digressions, causing her sometimes to lose the thread -- which never prevents her from leaping forward quickly and easily to a new thought."(2) A second complaint has to do with St. Teresa's focus on, and minute analysis of, supernatural favors and phenomena in the Life. The author of a recent essay on St. Teresa puts it this way: "Her record of raptures and visions answers to nothing in the experience of most Christians."(3) http://www.spiritualitytoday.org/spir2day/843631chorpenning.html
Quote: St. Teresa of Ávila urged her daughters not to rush out after Mass but to treasure the opportunity for thanksgiving:" Let us detain ourselves lovingly with Jesus," she said, "and not waste the hour that follows Communion." St Teresa says that during communion Jesus remains in the soul as on a throne of grace, and says to the soul: "What do you want that I should do to you?" As if saying: "O Christian soul, I am come for the express purpose of giving you my graces. Ask what you wish and you shall obtain it".
Favourite Prayrer of the Fatima Children.:
Eucharistic Prayer
Most Holy Trinity, I adore you! My God,
my God, I love you in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
my God, I love you in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Monday, 04 March 2013
Monday of the Third week of Lent
Night Office.
The ‘Soliloquy’ of St. Teresa failed to give light. The Holy Spirit may give grace.
The ‘Soliloquy 2, ICS, Kavanaugh,-Rodriguez, ‘Exclamation’ II, Stanbrook, ‘Exlamation of Soul of God’ II, Allison Peers, was presented as St. Teresa’s meditation in the hour after Holy Communion.
So far the hurdles clear the bars for cognition.
The ‘Soliloquies’ are a complement to the ‘Life’.
Await to understand the genre.
Soliloquies - 9, 2: K. KAVANAUGH and O. RODRIGUES, The Collected Works of St Teresa of Avila vol. I, ICS, Washington 1976, p. 382.
Works ICS. Kavanaugh, Rodriguez, Word In Season, Augustine
Press 74 THIRD WEEK OF LENT MONDAY Second Reading From the writings of Saint Teresa of Jesus (Book of Psalms, Soliloquy 93,1-2) Solitude and thirst for souls
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80 MINOR WORKS OF ST. TERESA. Stanbrook
Exclamations – compare with Soliloquy
‘Exclamations’ II
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I often reflect, my Lord, that if there is something by which life can endure being separated from you, it is solitude. For the soul rests in the quiet of solitude; yet, since it is not completely free for the enjoyment of solitude, the torment is often doubled. But the torment arising from the obligation to
deal with creatures and from not being
allowed to be alone with one's creator makes the soul consider that first
torment a delight. But why is this, my God, that quiet tires the soul that aims only at pleasing you?
Oh, powerful love of God, how different are your effects from those of the world's love! This latter love does not want
company since company would seem to oblige it to give what it possesses. in the case of the love of my God, the more lovers that love knows there are, the more it increases; and so its joys are tempered
by seeing that not all enjoy that good.
O my God, what is this that happens: in the greatest favours and consolations coming from you, the memory grieves over the many there are who do not want these consolations and over those who will lose them forever!
So the soul looks for
ways to find company, and willingly sets aside its joy when it thinks it can
be of some help that others might strive to enjoy it. But, my heavenly Father, would it not be more worthwhile to
leave aside these desires until a time when the soul has less experience of
your favours, and now be completely occupied in enjoying you?
O, my Jesus, how great is the love you bear the children of
men, for the greatest service one can render you is to leave you for their
sake and their benefit - and then you are possessed more completely. For although the will is not so satisfied through enjoyment,
the soul rejoices because it is pleasing you. And it sees that while we live
this mortal life, earthly joys are uncertain, even when they seem to be given
by you, if they are not accompanied by love of neighbor. Whoever fails to
love his neighbor fails to love you, my Lord, since we see you showed the
very great love you have for the children of Adam by shedding so much blood.
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1. Often do I think, O my Lord, that
if aught can
soothe a life apart from Thee it is
solitude, wherein the
soul rests with Him Who is its true
repose. Yet, unable
as it is to enjoy Thee with full
liberty, its torment often
redoubles. Yet this is a delight
compared with that of
being forced to deal with creatures,
and thus deprived of
holding converse alone with the
Creator. But how is
it, my God, that rest wearies the
soul which only seeks
to please Thee ?
2. O sovereign love of God, how
different are thine
effects from those of earthly love,
which seeks no com-
panion, fearing lest it should lose
what it possesses ! Love
for my God increases on learning that
others love Him,
and its joys diminish at seeing that
all men do not share
its happiness.
3. Therefore, O my only Good, during
Thy tenderest
caresses and consolations, I grieve
at remembering the
many hearts which do not desire these
joys, and still
others who will lose them for ever.
Thus my soul seeks
company, gladly leaving its own
delight, moved by the
hope that it may incite souls to
strive to attain it. But,
O my heavenly Father ! were it not
better to defer this
care for others until the soul enjoys
less of Thy favours,
and to yield myself now wholly to
enjoying Thee ?
4. Oh, my Jesus ! how deep is Thy
love for the children
of men ! The greatest service we can
render Thee is
to leave Thee, for the sake of loving
and aiding them.
Then do we possess Thee most
entirely, for, though our
will enjoy Thee less, yet love
delights to please Thee a
During this mortal life, all worldly
delights are found to
be uncertain even though they seem to
come from Thee,
unless the love of our neighbour bear
them company.
Who loves not his brethren, loves not
Thee, my Lord,
for Thy blood, shed for us, bears
witness to Thy boundless
love for the sons of Adam.
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