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Drawing the title from a phrase she found in the Imitation of Christ, St. Teresa of Ávila’s The Way of Perfection consists of meditations on important matters of spiritual life, written as advice and explanation for the women of her reformed convent of the Carmelite Order. Although its aim was to teach the nuns at her convent how to spiritually progress through prayer and Christian meditation, it...

now that it is no longer observed so perfectly in exteriors, strive to practise it interiorly.4 Life lasts but two hours: the reward is immense, but, even without that, by following the counsels of our Lord the very imitating His Majesty in any way would be an ample recompense. This must be the motto embroidered on our banners, which we must try to follow in our house, our clothes, our words, and, what is far more, in our hearts. With God’s help while this is done, no fear lest religious observance
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