Sixth Mansions Chapter 3 Part 1 The Interior Castle St. Teresa of Avila Deeper in Prayer TOG EP 149

We're exploring the Interior Castle, Sixth Mansions Chapter 1, in part 2 of this two-part podcast on stages of mystical prayer life. Saint Teresa explains the importance of the prayer stage of the Sixth Mansions. She uses the analogy of a spiritual engagement to describe the depths of the relationship of our heart and soul to Jesus. And of course, this deep interior prayer relationship is accompanied by trials.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Opening Scripture Numbers 24:18-16
00:01:35 Episode 149 Intro
00:03:00 Sixth Mansions Chapter I Topical Outline
00:04:10 Section I - Sixth Mansions Prepares the Soul for Spiritual Betrothal
00:04:25 1. Love kindled by divine favors.
00:11:19 2. Our Lord excites the soul’s longings.
00:14:14 3. Courage needed to reach the last mansions.
00:18:36 4. Trials accompanying divine favors.
00:20:18 Section II - The State of the Soul to Those Whom God Grants These Favors
00:20:50 5. Outcry raised against souls striving for perfection.
00:25:39 6. St. Teresa’s personal experience of this.
00:26:21 7. Praise distasteful to an enlightened soul.
00:29:29 8. This changes to indifference.
00:32:04 9. Humility of such souls.
00:33:55 10. Their zeal for God’s glory.
00:36:22 11. Perfect and final indifference to praise or blame.
00:38:41 12. Love of enemies.
00:41:15 Section 3 - Trials and Affirmaties
00:41:32 13. Bodily sufferings.
00:47:34 14. St. Teresa’s physical ills.
00:51:05 Conclusion

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Sixth Mansions Chapter 3 Part 1 – The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila – Going Deeper in Prayer - TOG EP 149
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