Teresa of Avila: Session 2

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This is the second session that focuses on the mystic, Teresa of Avila. In the tenor of the ancient practice of Lectio Divina, James Finley begins with a passage from the second mansion of Teresa's The Interior Castle, and reflects on the qualitative essence of the spirit of this text, and finishes with a meditative practice. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  For the transcript to this podcast, you can find it here. The book being used for this season can be found here. Check out our online course on the Interior Castle, details are here. Connect with us: Have a question you'd like Jim or Kirsten to answer about St. John of the Cross? Email us: [email protected] This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.4	To learn more, visit cac.org.
0:08.4	Greetings, I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.4	Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:14.3	Geeings everyone.
0:16.3	Greetings everyone and welcome to our time here together turning to the
0:29.1	Christian mystic Saint-Thrice of Avalon a trustworthy guidance and deepening our experience of in response
0:36.4	to God's presence in our lives.
0:40.0	In this session we'll be reflecting on her the way she tries to understand the second
0:50.0	mansion of the soul how we can discern that we have entered found our way into the second
0:56.3	mansion of the soul and this is just one chapter in the second mansion and on the third paragraph
1:05.8	this chapter she begins this way. These souls that is these souls that have
1:12.4	entered the second mansion, can understand
1:18.6	the Lord when he calls them, for as they gradually get nearer to the place where his majesty dwells, he becomes a very
1:26.1	good neighbor to them.
1:28.5	As such are his mercy and goodness that even when we are engaged in our worldly pastimes and
1:35.0	businesses and pleasures and hagglings even when we are falling into sin and
1:40.2	rising from them again. In spite of all that, this Lord of ours is so anxious
1:45.8	we should desire him and strive after his companionship that he calls us
1:51.2	ceaselessly time after time to approach him.
1:55.0	And this voice is so sweet to us,
2:00.0	Jesus, to begin by reflecting on this.
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