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  1  Pref,   2     |            me) by means of trials, give me strength and let them
  2  Pref,   2     |         free from self-interest, I give it to Thee freely. For I
  3  Pref,   2     |         that one cannot do more to give the English reader the unforgettable
  4  Pref,   3     |       inexact: my rule has been to give her own words, approximating
  5  Intr,   0     |         powerless to take wing and give us those finest of passages
  6  Intr,   0     |            secondary motive was to give an accurate and detailed
  7  Intr,   0     |            more than any others to give St. Teresa a place in our
  8  Intr,   0     |           and, following these, we give the minor works, with the
  9  Unic,   1     |             she was never known to give any reason for supposing
 10  Unic,   2     |           been pleased to begin to give me light, as I shall now
 11  Unic,   3     |            which the Lord began to give her light concerning the
 12  Unic,   3     |         not as yet been pleased to give me this desire, although
 13  Unic,   5     |           things?87 This seemed to give me strength.~
 14  Unic,   6     |           respects I shall have to give a strict account to God
 15  Unic,   6     |      worldly, and nothing seems to give me pleasure unless it comes
 16  Unic,   7     |         own hands. Parents seem to give little thought to the placing
 17  Unic,   7     |      please me, I forced myself to give the lie to my own instinct;
 18  Unic,   7     |       meditation and help them and give them books; for ever since
 19  Unic,   7     |           no longer in my power to give up prayer, because He who
 20  Unic,   8     |            for those who may later give it up, to spend some time
 21  Unic,   8     |            the devil, as I was, to give it up for reasons of humility,
 22  Unic,   8     |            with greater health and give life to their souls.~
 23  Unic,   8     |            and desire to serve God give it up? Really I cannot see
 24  Unic,   8     |           God so that He shall not give them the joy of prayer.
 25  Unic,   8     |           delight in a soul and to give the soul delight, there
 26  Unic,   8     |          was for me that I did not give up prayer and reading, I
 27  Unic,   8     |    unavailing unless we completely give up having confidence in
 28  Unic,   8     |            but there was no one to give me life and I was unable
 29  Unic,   9     |          to awaken her soul and to give her light amid such great
 30  Unic,   9     |           tears and begging Him to give me strength once for all
 31  Unic,   9     |        that I could not resolve to give myself wholly to God. When
 32  Unic,   9     |       never presumed to beg Him to give me either these things or
 33  Unic,   9     |          not usual for the Lord to give them save to those who have
 34  Unic,  10     |           who has arrived thus far give great praise to God and
 35  Unic,  10     |            the blessings will also give us grace to realize that
 36  Unic,  10     |       before, and His Majesty will give the jewels to some other
 37  Unic,  10     |           and sins be published. I give this permission, here and
 38  Unic,  10     |       myself at present, this will give me great comfort. But I
 39  Unic,  10     |        good, to which no one would give credence if it were to be
 40  Unic,  11     |           to make friends who will give us these, lest we should
 41  Unic,  11     |          His Majesty be pleased to give it to us little by little,
 42  Unic,  11     |           forth great fragrance to give refreshment to this Lord
 43  Unic,  11     |           draw water that he would give it up entirely if he did
 44  Unic,  11     |           it is the Lord's will to give us these tortures, and many
 45  Unic,  11     |         has pleased His Majesty to give me. But when I hear servants
 46  Unic,  11     |            as His Majesty does not give it them, it is unnecessary;
 47  Unic,  13     |           of them myself -- and to give counsels about matters which
 48  Unic,  13     |         words of Saint Augustine: "Give me, Lord, what Thou commandest
 49  Unic,  13     |          and dissimulation that we give no impression of wanting
 50  Unic,  13     |        which are good, in order to give such authority as he can
 51  Unic,  13     |             and we must beg Him to give us this virtue, which, if
 52  Unic,  13     |        idea into his head, he will give her to understand that it
 53  Unic,  13     |            subject and let him not give up such righteous freedom;
 54  Unic,  13     |       right one, for the Lord will give him one if his life is founded
 55  Unic,  13     |           learned, ought always to give Him infinite thanks, that
 56  Unic,  13     |      religious in particular, will give me the benefit of what they
 57  Unic,  13     |            regularly for those who give us light. What would become
 58  Unic,  14     |         and go, to see if the will give them some part of what it
 59  Unic,  14     |          delights which suffice to give it such satisfaction even
 60  Unic,  14     |            so forth122 -- begin to give out their fragrance. I am
 61  Unic,  14     |        life hereafter), it used to give me great delight to think
 62  Unic,  15     |                    May His Majesty give me grace to explain this
 63  Unic,  15     |        advise them to do is not to give up prayer, for prayer will
 64  Unic,  15     |          reflections with which to give thanks for this benefit
 65  Unic,  15     | everlasting, they would rejoice to give them up for God. The nearer
 66  Unic,  16     |            nor would she have Thee give her any. This soul would
 67  Unic,  16     |         their sermons so as not to give offence.138 No doubt their
 68  Unic,  16     |         life is over. May the Lord give us His help to this end.
 69  Unic,  17     |         but to maintain others and give them food at its own cost
 70  Unic,  17     |           appears to be willing to give the faculties leave to understand,
 71  Unic,  17     |          of another so that he can give no description of anything.
 72  Unic,  18     |             they were permitted to give some indication of the great
 73  Unic,  18     |          is still in this life, to give it its reward. And what
 74  Unic,  19     |            should fall, and not to give up prayer. Describes the
 75  Unic,  19     |          life; but, if he does not give it up, he may have confidence
 76  Unic,  19     |            keeping their reward to give them all at once -- that
 77  Unic,  19     |           didst begin, not only to give them, but to be pleased
 78  Unic,  19     |          and in its zeal begins to give away its fruit without stint,
 79  Unic,  20     |            O Jesus! I wish I could give Your Reverence a clear explanation
 80  Unic,  20(157)|            est‡ de lo alto . . . I give the most obvious translation
 81  Unic,  21     |            no need for the soul to give its consent: it has given
 82  Unic,  21     |          glimmer of light, I would give up a thousand kingdoms,
 83  Unic,  21     |            O Lord, if Thou wert to give me the vocation to proclaim
 84  Unic,  21     |           Thou hast granted me and give them to kings; for I know
 85  Unic,  21     |                          O my God! Give them to understand how great
 86  Unic,  21(167)|     Apocalypse ii, 23: "And I will give to every one of you according
 87  Unic,  21     |            strength and courage to give up absolutely everything
 88  Unic,  22     |      whereas, if God is pleased to give him a good one, he has no
 89  Unic,  22     |            labour. May His Majesty give us this love, since He knows
 90  Unic,  22     |            concerning what He will give us. "See," He says, "this
 91  Unic,  22     |          this state and yet do not give themselves to Thee!179 It
 92  Unic,  22     |           everything. May the Lord give us these of His goodness.~
 93  Unic,  23     |        however, was now pleased to give me light so that I should
 94  Unic,  23     |           everyone he meets and to give everyone pleasure.~
 95  Unic,  23     |          prayer), so that I should give no offence of any kind to
 96  Unic,  23     |           to make me lose hope and give up the whole thing. I sometimes
 97  Unic,  23     |           thought it well, I would give up prayer altogether, for
 98  Unic,  23     |        what I needed. I could then give him a perfectly clear description
 99  Unic,  23     |            of Confession God would give him more light on my case:
100  Unic,  23     |       obliged to abandon it and to give up my pastimes, and that
101  Unic,  23     |        word). I must on no account give up prayer; on the contrary,
102  Unic,  24     |       Majesty was being pleased to give me the penances Himself.
103  Unic,  24     |          been courageous enough to give up everything for the sake
104  Unic,  24     |           need for my confessor to give me any further commands.
105  Unic,  24     |            first that I could ever give them up, for I had tried
106  Unic,  25     |          and move it to affection, give it light and make it happy
107  Unic,  25     |          even against its will) or give them credence: on the contrary,
108  Unic,  25     |             Thou seemest, Lord, to give severe tests to those who
109  Unic,  25     |        sufficient to remove it and give me complete tranquillity: "
110  Unic,  26     |         not distressed, for I will give thee a living book." I could
111  Unic,  27     |         truth -- that to those who give up everything for Him God
112  Unic,  27     |            the Lord was pleased to give him this love so that he
113  Unic,  28     |          into the inward sense and give the understanding an image
114  Unic,  28     |           and that the Lord should give me light. Well, as I have
115  Unic,  29     |            her to reassure her and give her answers for those who
116  Unic,  29     |     intention, for I was trying to give the reasons why this kind
117  Unic,  29     |         this, His Majesty began to give me clearer signs of His
118  Unic,  29     |         holds no delight which can give greater satisfaction. As
119  Unic,  29     |           God, in His goodness, to give him the same experience.232~
120  Unic,  30     |            her for a week so as to give me a better opportunity
121  Unic,  30     |        that the Lord is pleased to give him permission and leave
122  Unic,  30     |       often to beseech the Lord to give me that water. I had a picture
123  Unic,  30(241)|              St. John iv, 15 "Sir, give me this water." These words,
124  Unic,  30     |                       Let the soul give great praise to the Lord
125  Unic,  30     |        nothing, I am continuing to give a true and clear description
126  Unic,  31     |        Majesty's good pleasure, to give me patience -- if only I
127  Unic,  31(242)|                 Lit.: "had made me give great blows."]~
128  Unic,  31     |           He had a great desire to give it up but could not bring
129  Unic,  31     |           virtue, and some of them give up all external things for
130  Unic,  31     |         been pleased since then to give me a better memory. I was
131  Unic,  31     |           it please His Majesty to give me grace so that I may not
132  Unic,  32     |           me to suffer them and to give thanks to the Lord, Who,
133  Unic,  32     |          so often read books which give some idea of the pains of
134  Unic,  32     |    thinking of? How could anything give me satisfaction which was
135  Unic,  32     |          my confessor about it and give him a written account of
136  Unic,  32     |            to tell me expressly to give up the idea, but he saw
137  Unic,  32     |         help and told her he would give the house his sanction.
138  Unic,  32     |           and His Majesty began to give me consolation and encouragement.
139  Unic,  32     |        absolution unless she would give up the idea; it was incumbent
140  Unic,  32     |   definitely decided to urge us to give the project up, because
141  Unic,  32     |            things for us and would give us His help.~
142  Unic,  33     |        happy. I could not, however give up my belief that the task
143  Unic,  33     |          true, she said, she would give me this jewel. Then she
144  Unic,  34     |        that that soul might really give itself up to His service,
145  Unic,  34     |      feelings which He would never give to a soul that was in mortal
146  Unic,  34     |            most earnest resolve to give himself to prayer, though
147  Unic,  34     |          naturally distress him to give it up, and so everything
148  Unic,  35     |          more urged me strongly to give it up. I told them that,
149  Unic,  35     |            none was better able to give, I resolved to seek no further
150  Unic,  35     |            my own comfort, it will give me greater happiness to
151  Unic,  36     |          year 1562. I was there to give the habit, with two other
152  Unic,  36(311)|          Bishop deputed P. Daza to give them the habit. St. Teresa
153  Unic,  36     |       always been so happy, and to give up so many friends for people
154  Unic,  36     |           foundation succeeded, to give me permission to go there
155  Unic,  36     |            going to be, he did not give me permission to come and
156  Unic,  36     |          do with the matter and to give it up altogether. I went
157  Unic,  36     |          would take a long time to give a detailed description of
158  Unic,  36     |        storm subsided, and then to give it up. At other times, like
159  Unic,  36     |         should never be allowed to give it up again. He said various
160  Unic,  36     |      narrative it is impossible to give an adequate description
161  Unic,  36     |           our Father Provincial to give me leave to go and live
162  Unic,  36(325)|            records at St. Joseph's give no help, as they date only
163  Unic,  36     |            of glory the Lord would give to the nuns in this house.~
164  Unic,  36     |  persecuted us most to help us and give us alms. So they now found
165  Unic,  36     |           would have been right to give up the foundation, so they
166  Unic,  36     |        were they to do so it would give pleasure neither to themselves
167  Unic,  36     |        admit more. May they always give the greatest credence to
168  Unic,  37     |          the Lord is pleased so to give, there is no measure in
169  Unic,  37     |          etiquette, lest it should give offence to those who think
170  Unic,  38     |       little worth. I wish I could give a description of at least
171  Unic,  38     |      seeing He has been pleased to give me some understanding of
172  Unic,  38(340)|            see n. 334) it seems to give us almost the exact date
173  Unic,  38     |       things concerning them which give cause for great wonder.
174  Unic,  38     |         Host which he was about to give me, I knew for a certainty
175  Unic,  39     |            importuning the Lord to give sight to a person to whom
176  Unic,  39     |          the bottom of my heart to give me some such means, but
177  Unic,  39     |           Who gives so much when I give Him so little. For what
178  Unic,  39     |     measureless gifts, and Who can give more to one person in six
179  Unic,  39     |            love, and the Lord will give him light to recognize these.
180  Unic,  39     |         they know loves them. They give up everything; they have
181  Unic,  39     |            these souls are humble, give them the reins; the Lord,
182  Unic,  39     |             souls as to be able to give them the clearness of mind
183  Unic,  40     |     rapture and of which I want to give warning here: when the period
184  Unic,  40     |        them to force themselves to give up prayer and to take it
185  Unic,  40     |         all. The Lord would always give me counsel about everything,
186  Unic,  40     |            me to be with Him or to give me the means of serving
187 Lette,   0     |      Reverence has begun to do and give ourselves wholly to Him