Top Highlights

• Continuing never ending self-knowledge is of utmost importance to a life of prayer
• But St. Teresa’s focus is the passive prayer of contemplation (which will be explained at the proper time) and she understands the other forms of prayer in the light of contemplation, and is anxious that others come to know this wonderful God-given prayer.
• “Praise God from whom all blessings flow,”
• If you pick an image or situation in Jesus' life, try to choose one that matches your own emotions or situation of the moment. St. Teresa used several of these ways for her prayer.
• Reflect on significant trials or purifications in your past, or in your present, using the material given in both dwelling places five and six. Study