![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet receiving the favours is not up to us. This painful desire within the soul, who wants more favours. God gives us “favours” and the more favors we receive, the pain of receiving a favour increases, since we learn more about His greatness, yet we are “being so far and unable to enjoy Him”. God suffers from our misdeeds since we are “his creatures within Himself” (6th mansion.) A simple eye opening concept. Perhaps this is why the book is at times difficult to read, requiring re-reads to fully grasp the message. This requires meditation to fully understand. Teresa says that “God is a very large and beautiful mansion” and since we reside in the mansion any sins we commit are “done in the palace itself, inside God”. It appears relevant today in 2022 as it did in 1577 when the book was released.Īn impression of a convent or castle in St. Like any good writer, the Saint appears to talk directly to us, giving little indication of the life or working atmosphere of 16th century Europe from which it was created. The book, Interior Castle, is ranked among the top 25 of all time Catholic books. One tends to reminisce about our own spiritual experiences while reading the Interior Castle and which of the seven mansions described by St. ![]()
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