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contemplatives is not to lift up the spirit to high things but to wait for God to lift it up. How the Sacred Humanity of Christ is the medium for the most exalted contemplation. She mentions an error under which she laboured for some time. This chapter is most profitable.

to practise greater perfection. This is profitable for those who have to direct souls practising prayer that they may know how to deal with beginners, and she speaks of the profit she derived from such knowledge.

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The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of The Order of Our Lady of

Saint Teresa of Avila's exploration of faith and prayer in Christian doctrine and practice.

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