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 1  Intr,   0    |   author's desire to teach her daughters to love prayer, the most
 2  Intr,   0    |        poverty and exhorts her daughters to practise it in their
 3  Intr,   0    |        author also charges her daughters very earnestly to commend
 4  Intr,   0    |     the Prayer to preserve her daughters, and all other souls who
 5  Intr,   0    |      much to herself as to her daughters of the Discalced Reform.
 6  Intr,   0    |      her friends and spiritual daughters: among these were the copy
 7  Argo,   0    |   Teresa of Jesus gives to her daughters and sisters in religion,
 8  Unic,   2    |    this should ever happen, my daughters; if it were likely to do
 9  Unic,   2    |                             My daughters must believe that it is
10  Unic,   2    |        It seems very wrong, my daughters, that great houses should
11  Unic,   3    |      matters. Do you think, my daughters, that it is an easy matter
12  Unic,   3    |       a poor mediator am I, my daughters, to gain a hearing for you
13  Unic,   4    |                           Now, daughters, you have looked at the
14  Unic,   4    |        anything new of you, my daughters -- only that we should hold
15  Unic,   5    |      Give great praise to God, Daughters, for this liberty that you
16  Unic,   7    |        be that, in any way, my daughters; I want you to be strong
17  Unic,   8    |   whole world. Do you suppose, daughters, that it is a small benefit
18  Unic,   9    |                 In this house, daughters, we must be most careful
19  Unic,  10    |        these virtues, then, my daughters, that you must labour if
20  Unic,  11    |      book is meant only for my daughters, they will put up with everything
21  Unic,  11    |   frail as we are. Believe me, daughters, once we begin to subdue
22  Unic,  13    |      of the angels! Let us, my daughters, in some small degree, imitate
23  Unic,  13    |    fall far short of being the daughters of such a Mother, and the
24  Unic,  16    |        not lead me by them, my daughters I know no others, and even
25  Unic,  16    |               You will ask, my daughters, why I am talking to you
26  Unic,  16    |             But contemplation, daughters, is another matter. This
27  Unic,  16    |                     Therefore, daughters, if you want me to tell
28  Unic,  16    |      sight it would have been, daughters, to see this Sun by the
29  Unic,  16    | blessed care of us is this, my daughters! How happy shall we be if
30  Unic,  18    |              I tell you, then, daughters -- those of you whom God
31  Unic,  18    |                 I conclude, my daughters, [by saying] that these
32  Unic,  18    |        you have no need of it, daughters, some of you may perhaps
33  Unic,  19    |            Why do you suppose, daughters, that I have tried, as people
34  Unic,  20    |       never leads to evil. So, daughters, whenever you meet people
35  Unic,  21    |            Do not be dismayed, daughters, at the number of things
36  Unic,  21(77)|           Do not be surprised, daughters, for this is the royal road (
37  Unic,  21    |                         Oh, my daughters, how incomparably greater
38  Unic,  21    |   journey to this fountain, my daughters, whether we will or no,
39  Unic,  22    |                 You must know, daughters, that whether or no you
40  Unic,  22    |     and vocal prayer together, daughters, so that you may not be
41  Unic,  22    |     Give hearty praise to God, daughters, that you have left so wretched
42  Unic,  22    |        It will be right, then, daughters, for us to endeavour to
43  Unic,  22    |    understand these truths, my daughters, is to practise mental prayer.
44  Unic,  24    |        But what I should like, daughters, is for us not to be satisfied
45  Unic,  25    |      like the God He is. This, daughters, is perfect contemplation.~
46  Unic,  26    |        takes His eyes off you, daughters. He has borne with thousands
47  Unic,  27    |      we truly desire to be the daughters of God.~
48  Unic,  27    |     word. Oh, how appropriate, daughters, would perfect contemplation
49  Unic,  27    |         Let us leave earth, my daughters, for it is not right that
50  Unic,  27    |              Do you not think, daughters, that this is a good Master,
51  Unic,  27    |   referred to here. Strive, my daughters, to be such that you deserve
52  Unic,  28    |    with that kind of humility, daughters, but speak with Him as with
53  Unic,  28    |                Do you suppose, daughters, that He is alone when He
54  Unic,  29    |           For the love of God, daughters, avoid making any account
55  Unic,  30    |         It is for this reason, daughters, that it is good for you
56  Unic,  30    |     come in us." Consider now, daughters, how great is our Master'
57  Unic,  30    |        that we are asking for, daughters, and how important it is
58  Unic,  30    |     happened. For this reason, daughters, I attach great importance
59  Unic,  31    |                           Now, daughters, I still want to describe
60  Unic,  32    |      in another way. Consider, daughters, that, whether we wish it
61  Unic,  32    |                    So you see, daughters, what God gave to His best
62  Unic,  32    |      the will of God. But you, daughters, must both say and act,
63  Unic,  33    |      this melt your hearts, my daughters, and make you love your
64  Unic,  34    |      Heaven. Let those of you, daughters, who want more of the necessaries
65  Unic,  34    |      Join with the Lord, then, daughters, in begging the Father to
66  Unic,  34    |      God's will. I assure you, daughters, that, if I myself were
67  Unic,  34    |         Be very careful, then, daughters, not to lose it. If you
68  Unic,  35    |    Mass without communicating, daughters, you may communicate spiritually,
69  Unic,  35    |      It is of such importance, daughters, for us to prepare ourselves
70  Unic,  35    |       this be the task for us, daughters, though, having regard to
71  Unic,  37    |        the good Master was it, daughters, that each of us may use
72  Unic,  37    |       a wonderful thing it is, daughters, to have a wise and prudent
73  Unic,  38    |                      Consider, daughters, in how many ways these
74  Unic,  38    |      to deliver you from this, daughters, and you need then have
75  Unic,  39    |                   Beware also, daughters, of certain kinds of humility
76  Unic,  39    |           Pay great attention, daughters, to this point which I shall
77  Unic,  40    |       way that we can do this, daughters, is to use the love and
78  Unic,  40    |     loves us too. Remember, my daughters, the greatness of the gain
79  Unic,  40    |       try to pamper ourselves, daughters. We are quite well off here:
80  Unic,  41    |                     So try, my daughters, to bear in mind that God
81  Unic,  42    |                           You, daughters, must ask as you think best.
82  Unic,  42    |        a mockery it all is, my daughters, unless we beseech God to