Every Part Of The Journey Is Of

Oh, How Everything That Is Suffered With Love Is Healed Again!

I Often Thought My Constitution Would Never Endure The Work I Had To Do, (but) The Lord Said To Me: 'daughter, Obedience Gives Strength.'

There Was The Torture Of Sermons, And That Not A Slight One, For I Was Very Fond Of Them.

I Thought Of The Soul As Resembling A Castle, Formed Of A Single Diamond Or A Very Transparent Crystal, And Containing Many Rooms, Just As In Heaven There Are Many Mansions.

Holy Church-that Mother Who Is Also A Queen Because She Is A King's Bride.