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1 Pref, 2 | From foolish devotions may God deliver us.17~
2 Pref, 2 | That no doubt was true, and may still be true, so far as
3 Pref, 2 | phrases which at first sight may seem perfectly simple. Vivid,
4 Pref, 2 | and half a dozen people may make half a dozen different
5 Pref, 2 | acquainted with the Spanish text may care to have a few notes
6 Pref, 2 | with them. The verb regalar may run through the gamut "caress", "
7 Pref, 3 | avowed Teresians, but it may be worth while pointing
8 Outl, 0 | Convent at Malag-n (3).~May 19. Leaves Malag-n for Avila.
9 Outl, 0 | she has left for Toledo.)~May 14. Foundation of Convent
10 Outl, 0 | of Convent at Toledo (5).~May 28. Receives a letter from
11 Outl, 0 | foundation at Pastrana.~May 30. Leaves Toledo. In Madrid,
12 Outl, 0 | at Salamanca (LL 25); in May, by order of the Provincial
13 Outl, 0 | LL 29 ff.).~1572~(Between May and September). St. John
14 Outl, 0 | signed (F XXVII).~Before May 11 (LL 71). First meeting
15 Outl, 0 | to Graci‡n (R XL, XLI).~May 18-26. Journey to Seville (
16 Outl, 0 | Journey to Seville (Leaves, May 18; at Ecija, May 23: R
17 Outl, 0 | Leaves, May 18; at Ecija, May 23: R XL; arrives at Seville,
18 Outl, 0 | XL; arrives at Seville, May 26: F XXIV).~May 29. Foundation
19 Outl, 0 | Seville, May 26: F XXIV).~May 29. Foundation of Convent
20 Outl, 0 | house at Seville signed.~(May 12. Provincial Chapter of
21 Outl, 0 | measures against the Reform.)~May 28. Ceremony of the inauguration
22 Outl, 0 | becomes their Superior.)~(May. PP. Juan de Jesœs [Roca]
23 Outl, 0 | after spending the night of May at Burgo de Osma (F XXX).~(
24 Intr, 0 | mystics an epoch of what may almost be termed popularity.
25 Intr, 0 | effort of the intellect, they may learn much concerning the
26 Intr, 0 | of any good thing that I may say, if the Lord gives me
27 Intr, 0 | stylistic idiosyncrasies which may scandalize the literary
28 Intr, 0 | way of recreation, and we may be sure that, if she did
29 Intr, 0 | edition -- the second which may be described as "official" --
30 Intr, 0 | few of the editions which may be considered of outstanding
31 Intr, 0 | I ~Unto all life of mine may dy.58]~
32 Intr, 0 | three works, taken together, may be thought of as a complete
33 Unic, 1 | determined on my salvation -- and may it please Thy Majesty to
34 Unic, 2 | at such an age. Much harm may result from bad company
35 Unic, 2(71) | hesitation. Dissenting readers may choose between P. Grˇgoire'
36 Unic, 3 | restraint upon myself!76 May He be blessed for ever.
37 Unic, 4 | afraid, so that my merit may be the greater; and if I
38 Unic, 4 | since He is all-powerful. May He be blessed for ever.
39 Unic, 4 | nor had such good fortune, may Thy mercy, Lord, be availing
40 Unic, 4 | if they persevere, people may attain more quickly to contemplation
41 Unic, 4 | for him, however little it may be, as a substitute for
42 Unic, 4 | magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for all this,
43 Unic, 4 | which I have forgotten. May He be for ever blessed,
44 Unic, 5 | by ignorance. Some excuse may be found in the imperfect
45 Unic, 5 | blindness of the world! May it please Thee, Lord, that
46 Unic, 5 | please Thee, Lord, that I may be completely lacking in
47 Unic, 5 | say "a thousand", though I may be reproved by him who has
48 Unic, 5 | long-suffering to the soul. May He be blessed for ever.
49 Unic, 5 | be blessed for ever. And may it please His Majesty that
50 Unic, 6 | example which I set them. May it please His Majesty to
51 Unic, 6 | meticulousness and vanity. May the Lord forgive me. I wish
52 Unic, 6 | and he will not go astray. May the Lord grant that I have
53 Unic, 6 | will, however trifling it may be, though I must often
54 Unic, 6 | seems to me a heavy cross. I may well be mistaken and it
55 Unic, 6 | well be mistaken and it may be that I have not the desire
56 Unic, 6 | me not to forsake Thee. May it please Thy Majesty that
57 Unic, 7 | Majesty has kept me from this. May He be for ever blessed.
58 Unic, 7 | saved. God grant that they may not all mistake sin for
59 Unic, 7 | their daughters where they may walk in the way of salvation,
60 Unic, 7 | that their inclinations may lead them into what is good!
61 Unic, 7 | to be models on which all may pattern their virtues are
62 Unic, 7 | spirit of the saints of old. May His Divine Majesty be pleased
63 Unic, 7 | at any time by a nun, she may be warned by me. I beg all
64 Unic, 7 | such pastimes as these. May His Majesty grant that some
65 Unic, 7 | those whom I have led astray may be set in the right path
66 Unic, 7 | always; for, though there may be times when we are prevented
67 Unic, 7 | thousand other things which may happen to us. It is here
68 Unic, 7 | all the more so because it may bring us many other benefits.
69 Unic, 7 | alone gave me His hand. May He be blessed for ever.
70 Unic, 8 | it is, even for those who may later give it up, to spend
71 Unic, 8 | at them; whereas others may be in God's presence for
72 Unic, 8 | practice of prayer, though it may not be as well prepared
73 Unic, 8 | told, He has brought me. May His Majesty grant that I
74 Unic, 8 | His Majesty grant that I may never again be lost.~
75 Unic, 8 | practice, however many sins he may commit, should ever forsake
76 Unic, 8 | is the means by which we may amend our lives again, and
77 Unic, 8 | after perfection, so that he may merit the consolations and
78 Unic, 8 | each day, even though they may not be with Thee, but are
79 Unic, 8 | fear into us so that he may do us real harm. By making
80 Unic, 8 | person, however wicked he may be, can have any reason
81 Unic, 8 | bestow them; for, though He may wish to take His delight
82 Unic, 8 | In order that it may be seen what mercy He showed
83 Unic, 9 | book at hand, so that they may quickly recollect themselves.
84 Unic, 9 | blind, or in the dark: he may be talking to someone, and
85 Unic, 10 | remainder of what she writes may be kept secret, since she
86 Unic, 10 | things as these, though he may not be going about looking
87 Unic, 10 | which I propose to treat. We may think it humility not to
88 Unic, 10 | strengthen faith. But it may well be that I am judging
89 Unic, 10 | wicked self, and that there may be some who need no more
90 Unic, 10 | during my lifetime, so that I may no longer deceive the world
91 Unic, 10 | order that my authorship may not be recognized. This
92 Unic, 10 | of any good thing that I may say, if the Lord gives me
93 Unic, 10 | course, nothing good that I may have done ought to be talked
94 Unic, 10 | accordance with these truths, it may be of some use to Your Reverence;
95 Unic, 10 | However clearly I may wish to describe these matters
96 Unic, 10 | penitence and attained virtue. May His Majesty be blessed for
97 Unic, 10 | blessed for everything, and may He, for His name's sake,
98 Unic, 10 | desire than this, that He may be praised and magnified
99 Unic, 10 | garden of sweet flowers. May His Majesty grant that I
100 Unic, 10 | His Majesty grant that I may not root them up through
101 Unic, 11 | towards that end, so that it may the better employ itself
102 Unic, 11 | strive again so that we may have no lack, not only of
103 Unic, 11 | supply of this treasure. May His Majesty be pleased to
104 Unic, 11 | though the receiving of it may cost us all the trials in
105 Unic, 11 | crosses, different as these may be. For those who follow
106 Unic, 11 | of conveying my ideas. It may be that my comparison will
107 Unic, 11 | carefully, so that they may not perish, but may produce
108 Unic, 11 | they may not perish, but may produce flowers which shall
109 Unic, 11 | Lord of ours, so that He may often come into the garden
110 Unic, 11 | can be watered, so that we may know what we have to do,
111 Unic, 11 | occasionally brought my soul. May He also of His goodness
112 Unic, 11 | Beginners in prayer, we may say, are those who draw
113 Unic, 11 | well -- and God grant there may be water in it! But that,
114 Unic, 11 | us in this way so that we may have a clear understanding
115 Unic, 11 | way fulfilled in me, and may it never please Thy Majesty
116 Unic, 11 | journey. However often it may stumble, it need not fear
117 Unic, 11 | leading me now, so that I may be able to suffer certain
118 Unic, 11 | these things: to us they may look like faults, but they
119 Unic, 11 | discretion be observed so that it may be ascertained if this is
120 Unic, 11 | other occasions the body may render services to the soul.
121 Unic, 11 | lead it gently, so that it may make the greater progress.~
122 Unic, 11 | should use it so that He may multiply our virtues.~
123 Unic, 12 | Him, although our deeds may be of little worth. This
124 Unic, 12 | dangers into which the devil may lead us.~
125 Unic, 12 | great humility in this: it may not be sinful, but it certainly
126 Unic, 12 | made this clear, though it may possibly be so only to me.
127 Unic, 12 | possibly be so only to me. May the Lord open the eyes of
128 Unic, 12 | however slight that experience may be, they will at once understand
129 Unic, 12 | always been my teacher -- may He be blessed for everything,
130 Unic, 12 | this is the truth --, it may have been His will that
131 Unic, 12 | though less than I should. May the Lord be blessed for
132 Unic, 13 | recreation, in order that we may be the stronger when we
133 Unic, 13 | attempt great things; the soul may not have the strength to
134 Unic, 13 | humility before us, so that we may realize that this strength
135 Unic, 13 | that we who are sinners may admire the deeds of the
136 Unic, 13 | body and soul, so that we may lose neither comfort in
137 Unic, 13 | We may also imitate the saints
138 Unic, 13 | our own thoughts. And you may take my word for this, for
139 Unic, 13 | wrong to desire this but it may not be right to try to bring
140 Unic, 13 | however trifling the evil may be, it must be of great
141 Unic, 13(117)| soul, so that thy heart may be detained by aught that
142 Unic, 13 | before our eyes so that we may be blind to their defects.
143 Unic, 13 | action which, though we may not become perfect in it
144 Unic, 13 | must never be forgotten: I may repeat it again and again,
145 Unic, 13 | kind, however dainty it may be, on this road of prayer:
146 Unic, 13 | From foolish devotions may God deliver us!~
147 Unic, 13 | her home, although this may displease her husband: he
148 Unic, 13 | tries. And although learning may not seem necessary for this,
149 Unic, 13 | what they should teach and may even make them spiritual
150 Unic, 13 | them spiritual so that they may be of service to us. I do
151 Unic, 13 | this kind. For the director may be lacking in all the three
152 Unic, 13 | And to think that there may be people who have no desire
153 Unic, 13 | such a life as that. It may be that some of us who are
154 Unic, 13 | good will shine the more. May it please the Lord to keep
155 Unic, 13 | who can do this, though he may be but a beginner in prayer,
156 Unic, 13 | Your Reverence will know. May the Lord grant me always
157 Unic, 14 | fruition of that contentment may be of greater delight. But
158 Unic, 14 | help the will so that it may be come more and more capable
159 Unic, 14 | memory or the imagination may do it harm by trying to
160 Unic, 14 | send Him messengers,119 but may speak with Him itself; nor
161 Unic, 14 | things about which mistakes may be made. However, as what
162 Unic, 14 | will cut out anything which may be amiss.~
163 Unic, 14 | however much the books may explain.~
164 Unic, 14 | supernatural, so that it may be known by the effects
165 Unic, 14 | come from God, the devil may sometimes be able to transform
166 Unic, 14 | say, however many years I may have spent in prayer. And
167 Unic, 14 | when I was a beginner (and may the Lord grant that I have
168 Unic, 14 | done, however small they may be, if they are useless;
169 Unic, 14 | us, in the Sacrament. We may believe that this is so,
170 Unic, 14 | with the utmost truth we may make this comparison; and
171 Unic, 14 | faults do not impede us we may rejoice in Thee and Thou
172 Unic, 14 | this not once, but often. May it please Thy goodness,
173 Unic, 14 | Thy goodness, Lord, that I may be alone in my ingratitude,
174 Unic, 14 | in my ingratitude, that I may be the only one to have
175 Unic, 14 | beseech Thee, my God, that it may be so: may I sing of them,
176 Unic, 14 | God, that it may be so: may I sing of them, and that
177 Unic, 14 | them continually, that I may be the better able to sing
178 Unic, 15 | it does so this blessing may slip from its grasp: sometimes
179 Unic, 15 | the other two faculties may be distracted, yet, since
180 Unic, 15 | May His Majesty give me grace
181 Unic, 15 | very cold; for, hard as we may try to make the fere burn
182 Unic, 15 | to be strong so that they may uphold the weak. Let those
183 Unic, 15 | a hearty desire that He may hear us. This is a prayer
184 Unic, 15 | reach this state, and it may be they will spend their
185 Unic, 15 | to forget it, so that we may live out our lives, rather
186 Unic, 15 | greater good, and so that we may not grow careless while
187 Unic, 15 | knowledge by God so that we may learn that we ourselves
188 Unic, 15 | however great the trials it may bring us. We offer ourselves
189 Unic, 15 | goodness reach this point may not become as fatigued as
190 Unic, 16 | the gardener, so that He may almost be said to be the
191 Unic, 16 | whom I shall have to do may also become mad through
192 Unic, 16 | through Thy love or I myself may have no part in anything
193 Unic, 16 | to do with the world or may be taken from it. This servant
194 Unic, 16(133)| Silverio adopts; but I think we may assume this to be an error
195 Unic, 16 | to be addressed thus).134 May Your Reverence alone see
196 Unic, 16 | is incumbent upon them. I may of course be more so than
197 Unic, 16 | until our life is over. May the Lord give us His help
198 Unic, 17 | to all that true Wisdom may be pleased to accomplish
199 Unic, 17 | visits, brief as its duration may be, the Gardener, being,
200 Unic, 17 | shall open so that the soul may see that it possesses virtues,
201 Unic, 17 | now so that Your Reverence may know that it can happen
202 Unic, 17 | do works of charity. This may seem to be just the same
203 Unic, 17 | works in this way. A person may have so far satisfied his
204 Unic, 17 | who are alive so that we may reap advantage from it.
205 Unic, 17 | after all, however much it may try, it cannot attract to
206 Unic, 17 | that it is all right, you may take his assurance as coming
207 Unic, 17 | to understand it as well. May He be praised for all things,
208 Unic, 18 | prayer to the end that they may strive to reach this lofty
209 Unic, 18 | May the Lord teach me words
210 Unic, 18 | completely dead -- and we may use this word in speaking
211 Unic, 18 | worthless, who, though she may strive not to lose them,
212 Unic, 18 | favours upon it save that it may profit many others. Thou
213 Unic, 18 | greatest blessing which may be possessed upon earth,
214 Unic, 18 | is that, even though they may both be the same, the Lord
215 Unic, 18 | though, as I say, both may be, or may appear to be,
216 Unic, 18 | as I say, both may be, or may appear to be, the same;
217 Unic, 18 | piece of iron, though it may also be larger, seems to
218 Unic, 18 | ridiculous to him, as well it may be: for a person like myself
219 Unic, 18 | to be described in words may very well be ridiculous.~
220 Unic, 18 | it into the nest where it may repose. Having watched it
221 Unic, 18 | soul increases so that it may the better have fruition
222 Unic, 18 | prayer, for however long it may last, does no harm; at least,
223 Unic, 18 | favour, however unwell I may have been: indeed, I am
224 Unic, 18 | in my opinion, whatever may be the length of the period
225 Unic, 18 | the time spent in prayer may last, and does last, for
226 Unic, 18 | daughter, in order that it may fix itself more and more
227 Unic, 19 | and to beseech God that it may not be alone in its riches.
228 Unic, 19 | like myself, so that they may never despair or cease to
229 Unic, 19 | the Lord that His Majesty may be pleased to grant me this.
230 Unic, 19 | does not give it up, he may have confidence that prayer
231 Unic, 19 | hadst called them, that they may aid it. Now it feels all
232 Unic, 19 | turbid stream, if only that I may not lead others to be tempted
233 Unic, 19 | what I still have to say. May it please the Lord that
234 Unic, 19 | shall be of this kind and may His Majesty never allow
235 Unic, 19 | and advances all the time, may reach his goal late, but
236 Unic, 19 | thing as giving up prayer. May God, for His name's sake,
237 Unic, 19 | important: even though a favour may undoubtedly have come from
238 Unic, 19 | perils, however sincere may be their desires and resolutions.
239 Unic, 19 | grow weary of receiving. May He be blessed for ever,
240 Unic, 19 | blessed for ever, Amen, and may all things praise Him.~
241 Unic, 20 | both interior and exterior. May the Lord explain this, as
242 Unic, 20 | means exists: resistance may be painful and violent but
243 Unic, 20 | described. For, happen what may, we must risk everything,
244 Unic, 20 | when I am afraid that I may be suffering deception.
245 Unic, 20 | however irksome this truth may be, there is One stronger
246 Unic, 20 | everything that, however hard it may strive to do so, it can
247 Unic, 20 | in its solitude. Others may speak to it, and it may
248 Unic, 20 | may speak to it, and it may itself make every possible
249 Unic, 20 | to no avail; do what it may, its spirit cannot escape
250 Unic, 20 | that, being a saint, he may have been granted that experience
251 Unic, 20 | of nothing with which it may be compared. It is a martyrdom,
252 Unic, 20 | accept nothing earthly that may be offered it, even though
253 Unic, 20 | eyes are closed, though we may not wish to close them;
254 Unic, 20 | have no learning -- they may think that, when enraptured,
255 Unic, 20 | happened only recently, you may not have considered the
256 Unic, 20 | been deep, the faculties may remain absorbed for a day
257 Unic, 20(161)| and their affections, we may say, are less than nothing. . . .
258 Unic, 20 | so, however hard a soul may have laboured to perfect
259 Unic, 21 | way in which it thinks it may serve God can be set before
260 Unic, 21 | who are as worthless as I. May it be Thy pleasure, my God,
261 Unic, 21 | pleasure, my God, that the time may come in which I shall be
262 Unic, 21 | that this Thy handmaiden may in some way serve Thee.
263 Unic, 21 | is always possible that I may fail altogether.~
264 Unic, 21 | then ordain means whereby I may do something for Thee, for
265 Unic, 21 | in return. Cost what it may, Lord, permit me not to
266 Unic, 21 | expressed in works and it may not become evident that
267 Unic, 21 | earthly things, although there may be no more merits in such
268 Unic, 21 | it; and, though the soul may not be prepared, His Majesty
269 Unic, 21 | no wise to our efforts, may safely mix with any kind
270 Unic, 21 | and vicious such company may be, it will have no effect
271 Unic, 21 | be a means whereby they may derive the greater profit.
272 Unic, 21 | for those who serve Him. May it please His Majesty that
273 Unic, 21 | treated this miserable sinner may do something to influence
274 Unic, 21 | read this, so that they may find strength and courage
275 Unic, 22 | important. It will serve as what may be necessary advice; for
276 Unic, 22 | spiritual, anything corporeal may disturb or impede it, and
277 Unic, 22 | everywhere, so that they may become absorbed in Him.
278 Unic, 22 | with all created things. May His Majesty grant me the
279 Unic, 22 | believe it to be mistaken. It may, of course, be I who am
280 Unic, 22 | found my opinion; there may, of course, be nothing in
281 Unic, 22 | It may be that our temperament,
282 Unic, 22(174)| and the addition of "Sir" may be due to the fact that
283 Unic, 22 | is clear that, though we may not desire it to be so,
284 Unic, 22 | lean upon, however full it may think itself to be of God.
285 Unic, 22 | though sometimes the soul may go out from itself and very
286 Unic, 22 | from itself and very often may be so full of God that it
287 Unic, 22 | consolations; come what may, the great thing for us
288 Unic, 22 | this Prayer of Union, it may seem to be deriving some
289 Unic, 22 | amidst aridities, though we may feel some regret at having
290 Unic, 22(177)| shout aloud and the meaning may well be "he has no need
291 Unic, 22 | efforts of ours! Do what we may, He transports the spirit
292 Unic, 22 | begets love. And though we may be only beginners, and very
293 Unic, 22 | with very little labour. May His Majesty give us this
294 Unic, 22 | often think that the reason may be that the soul does not
295 Unic, 22 | manly strength so that it may trample everything under
296 Unic, 22 | enough in their company, we may become like them. In fact,
297 Unic, 22 | necessary in everything. May the Lord give us these of
298 Unic, 23 | order that what is to come may be the better understood.
299 Unic, 23 | when I gave up prayer. It may be that I should never have
300 Unic, 23 | my imperfections, which may even have been sins (though
301 Unic, 23 | as I shall say later: it may seem unimportant but it
302 Unic, 23 | seem unimportant but it may possibly be of great advantage
303 Unic, 23 | since we are very weak, and may come to great harm if we
304 Unic, 23(189)| temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it."~
305 Unic, 25 | kinds of deception which may occur here and the way to
306 Unic, 25 | so that Your Reverence may understand this. For, since
307 Unic, 25 | result that, although we may hear, we do not understand.
308 Unic, 25 | kinds of deception which may occur here, though I think
309 Unic, 25 | from evil ones and how, as may happen, the apprehension
310 Unic, 25 | subtle as the invention may be, he realizes that it
311 Unic, 25 | and although the words may be, not of devotion, but
312 Unic, 25 | reasoning processes by which we may tell the difference between
313 Unic, 25 | locution that, although we may be mistaken once, we shall
314 Unic, 25 | the lapse of time a part may be forgotten but not so
315 Unic, 25 | of God: if it has not, it may continue to be deceived
316 Unic, 25 | and many other reasons it may have for desiring to be
317 Unic, 25 | this is not the case. I may listen for many days; and,
318 Unic, 25 | many days; and, although I may desire to hear them, I shall
319 Unic, 25 | God says this to me, it may quite well be true, just
320 Unic, 25 | be secure. For, though it may not be aware of any immediate
321 Unic, 25 | cannot possibly be good. It may have good desires, but they
322 Unic, 25 | extremity of their trials they may learn the greater extremity
323 Unic, 25 | be tried and tormented. May His Majesty be pleased to
324 Unic, 25 | God I be not one of these! May His Majesty help me to find
325 Unic, 26 | to be fearful so that I may not for a moment offend
326 Unic, 26 | Who in that very moment may destroy us. If His Majesty
327 Unic, 26 | in despair.206 This, it may be said, is quite true,
328 Unic, 26 | the account of my life. May it have pleased the Lord
329 Unic, 26 | myself shall blame no one who may so speak of it. May the
330 Unic, 26 | who may so speak of it. May the Lord grant me duly to
331 Unic, 27 | understanding so that the soul may have fruition of so great
332 Unic, 27 | here, though that suspicion may arise for a moment, there
333 Unic, 27 | mortals, however much we may desire to do so, unless
334 Unic, 27 | who has not deserved them, may be regarded with suspicion,
335 Unic, 27 | visions an account of which may be of some use to others,
336 Unic, 27 | be of some use to others, may stop anyone to whom the
337 Unic, 27 | impossible, as I used to do, and may explain to such a person
338 Unic, 27 | After this sight, Lord, may they never more accustom
339 Unic, 27 | look on base things and may nothing content them but
340 Unic, 27 | nothing of the blessings you may gain in eternity?~
341 Unic, 27 | May it please the Lord to bring
342 Unic, 27 | wise and discreet. That may be so: it all depends on
343 Unic, 27 | when I speak in this way I may succeed only in tiring myself
344 Unic, 27 | say tells against myself. May the Lord forgive me for
345 Unic, 27 | Him in this matter, and may Your Reverence also forgive
346 Unic, 28 | to my natural weakness. May He be blessed for ever,
347 Unic, 28 | Your Reverence may suppose that it would have
348 Unic, 28 | although Your Reverence may think I have; again and
349 Unic, 28 | everything. I say this so that it may be realized what a great
350 Unic, 28 | suffered some very severe ones. May the Lord grant me to have
351 Unic, 29 | it; little by little one may even learn to perfect such
352 Unic, 29 | can obtain it, whatever we may do, or look at it when we
353 Unic, 29 | and take the reins, for it may be that this is partly accountable
354 Unic, 29 | some imperfection, which may in great part be due to
355 Unic, 29 | first so that everything may proceed gently and the operations
356 Unic, 29 | operations of the spirit may express themselves interiorly;
357 Unic, 29 | ways and means whereby it may express something of what
358 Unic, 29 | pain is possible, which may cause some of it to pass
359 Unic, 29(232)| described by P. Silverio.] On May 25, 1726, Pope Benedict
360 Unic, 29 | to experience fruition. May He be blessed for ever,
361 Unic, 30 | than that: please God I may still be as far advanced
362 Unic, 30 | tempt you in this way, you may have some light, and may
363 Unic, 30 | may have some light, and may recognize his hand, if he
364 Unic, 30 | perhaps for three weeks, or it may have been even longer. In
365 Unic, 30 | or doing anything which may harm his neighbour or offend
366 Unic, 30 | these, unbearable as they may seem, eventually become
367 Unic, 30 | service. And, however numerous may be our troubles and persecutions,
368 Unic, 30 | has helped me so that I may render Him some service.
369 Unic, 30 | receiving so much from Him. May He be blessed for all things
370 Unic, 30 | blessed for all things and may the angels glorify Him.
371 Unic, 31 | to come in (two nuns who may safely be believed, for
372 Unic, 31 | longer to set that soul free. May He be praised for everything,
373 Unic, 31 | May what I have said help the
374 Unic, 31 | sight of the whole world may well prepare itself to be
375 Unic, 31 | particular person the fault may be a virtue, and his critic,
376 Unic, 31 | critic, in whom it is a vice, may be judging him by himself.
377 Unic, 31 | however perfect his soul may be, he is still living on
378 Unic, 31 | and however resolutely he may trample earth's miserable
379 Unic, 31 | not think, even though it may seem so to you, that anyone
380 Unic, 31 | remove this caterpillar, it may not hurt the whole tree,
381 Unic, 31 | repeat this: however slight may be our concern for our reputation,
382 Unic, 31 | so many ways in which he may gain this virtue that he
383 Unic, 31 | but the Lord accepts it: may He be blessed for ever.~
384 Unic, 31(248)| Girls'," may seem an unduly colloquial
385 Unic, 31 | reckon any services that I may have rendered Thee as my
386 Unic, 31 | that those who began better may be hopeful that, as the
387 Unic, 31 | notice of theirs still more. May it please His Majesty to
388 Unic, 31 | give me grace so that I may not always remain a beginner.
389 Unic, 32 | undone; and to this end may the Lord be pleased to grant
390 Unic, 32 | us as He has helped me. May it please His Majesty not
391 Unic, 32 | which that would lead me. May the Lord forbid this, for
392 Unic, 33 | And -- at the request, it may be, of this blessed Saint --
393 Unic, 33 | amply for all our needs. May He be blessed for it all.
394 Unic, 34 | desire that those whom I like may do so is particularly vehement,
395 Unic, 34 | speak to Him thus boldly! May He be blessed for ever and
396 Unic, 34 | longer seems to be alive. May His Majesty hold him in
397 Unic, 34 | as I hope in the Lord he may, he will be one of the most
398 Unic, 34 | learned but not spiritual, he may not direct a person of spirituality.
399 Unic, 34 | vocation from the Lord. May He be blessed for ever.~
400 Unic, 34 | will grant that much good may come through him to various
401 Unic, 34 | lying. God grant that I may never, in any matter, speak
402 Unic, 35 | and knowledge so that they may desire nothing else and
403 Unic, 35 | desire nothing else and may learn that, even from an
404 Unic, 35 | deep gorge into which one may fall, and on the other side
405 Unic, 35 | upon the way of perfection. May the Lord, for His name's
406 Unic, 35 | avail to open their eyes. May He open them Who alone of
407 Unic, 35 | goodness can do so, and may He never allow mine to become
408 Unic, 36(317)| Ba-es. And I sign this on May 2, 1575, when His Mother
409 Unic, 36 | other ascetic practices, as may be seen in the primitive
410 Unic, 36 | make so that our own Rule may be kept the more perfectly.
411 Unic, 36 | this our primitive Rule. May the Lord be pleased to direct
412 Unic, 36 | impossible for us to admit more. May they always give the greatest
413 Unic, 37 | these things to His glory. May it please His Majesty that
414 Unic, 37 | place in Heaven at all: may it please His Majesty to
415 Unic, 37 | his favourites. And you may be sure they will not be
416 Unic, 37 | person; for, however much he may wish to be so recognized,
417 Unic, 37 | have often said, the Lord may be pleased for the soul
418 Unic, 37 | activities, for the Lord may perhaps be depriving it
419 Unic, 37 | pray, precisely so that it may engage in these other activities
420 Unic, 37 | good -- and please God they may believe us!~
421 Unic, 37 | fixed on Him so that it may escape from all kinds of
422 Unic, 37 | occurred to me that some saint may have said that they ought
423 Unic, 37 | Heaven and that this saying may have been wrongly interpreted.
424 Unic, 37 | there are no changes, we may not have to pay dearly for
425 Unic, 38 | does so still. The soul may wish to see more than is
426 Unic, 38 | there is no way in which it may do so, nor is it possible
427 Unic, 38 | skilful the imagination may be, it will not succeed
428 Unic, 38 | in a single instant. We may leave out of account the
429 Unic, 38 | praised for ever and ever! May His Majesty grant, by the
430 Unic, 38 | degree begun to enjoy them, I may not share the fate of Lucifer,
431 Unic, 38 | everything. For His own sake may He not allow this: sometimes
432 Unic, 38 | proficients and perfect may know if the Holy Spirit
433 Unic, 38 | trengthening in virtue. May He be blessed and praised
434 Unic, 38 | myself with shame, so that I may the better realize how far
435 Unic, 38 | Thy sovereign favours, we may not be so much affrighted
436 Unic, 38 | who pronounces those words may be, God is always present
437 Unic, 38 | knowledge of what I owe to God. May He be blessed for ever and
438 Unic, 38(343)| the book was completed. It may be P. Gregorio Fern‡ndez (
439 Unic, 39 | heard of it at once. It may not, of course, have been
440 Unic, 39 | importunity, and though I may not be specially thinking
441 Unic, 39 | first kind of favour, I may persist in forcing myself
442 Unic, 39 | tied: desire to speak as he may, he cannot, or if he does
443 Unic, 39 | delighting to bestow it upon us. May He be blessed for ever,
444 Unic, 39 | how much evil is in me. May He Who is able to do so
445 Unic, 39 | occurs to them that they may grow discontented in a place
446 Unic, 39(352)| St. Teresa may be thinking of Francisco
447 Unic, 39 | which, however numerous they may be, cannot fairly be so
448 Unic, 39(353)| of December 1565. But it may, of course, have come more
449 Unic, 39 | prayer, for, even though we may do so with humility, it
450 Unic, 39 | dared to do such a thing. It may be, however, that I have
451 Unic, 40 | her. From some of these may be obtained most excellent
452 Unic, 40 | written comes to an end. May it be to the glory of the
453 Unic, 40 | especially at the beginning. It may, I imagine, be a result
454 Unic, 40 | while in that state they may come to great harm. And
455 Unic, 40 | understanding cannot grasp it. Or it may be that I cannot understand
456 Unic, 40 | and consider what I am. May He Who has borne with me
457 Unic, 40 | should strive that the Lord may use it and him to bless
458 Unic, 40 | him to bless it so that it may serve Him in the Church'
459 Unic, 40 | possessing nothing, then he may take it." By this He meant
460 Unic, 40 | for righteousness, people may speak very ill of me, and
461 Unic, 40 | all the things that people may say about me; for, since
462 Unic, 40 | glorying over anything he may have dreamed. My soul has
463 Unic, 40 | the means of serving Him. May it please His Majesty that
464 Unic, 40 | that what is written here may be of some profit to Your
465 Unic, 40 | Who said it through me. May His Majesty ever keep Your
466 Unic, 40 | your spirituality and light may enlighten this miserable
467 Unic, 40 | upon subjects so sublime. May it please the Lord that
468 Unic, 40 | it please the Lord that I may not have erred in this,
469 Unic, 40 | May it please the Lord, since
470 Unic, 40 | do what He will, that I may succeed in doing His will
471 Unic, 40 | will in all things, and may He not allow this soul to
472 Lette, 0 | May the Holy Spirit be ever
473 Lette, 0 | for it. Some things in it may be badly explained and others
474 Lette, 0 | May He be blessed for ever,