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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...

prayer is the surest way to discover the devil’s snares and make him reveal himself. Be cordial with your sisters when they take their needful recreation,7 and stay with them the whole of the appointed time, although it may not suit your taste.8 I intended saying much of the other kind of love, but on second thoughts I do not think that it can flourish here, considering what life we lead; therefore I leave the subject alone, hoping that, with the help of God, there will be no danger of there being
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