The psychology of the saints.

  • Joly, Henri, 1839-1925.
Date:
1898
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    their memory and made present to their minds by previous meditations. But while they thus gather into one single action the operations which have gone before, they are not rendered incapable of further reflections. Bossuet, at least, did not think so when he wrote: “It would seem that the extreme simplicity of this kind of prayer renders it less easy of recognition in itself than in its effects.” Neither did St Theresa look upon it as the inmost chamber in her Interior Castle, for the characteristic feature of the progress she made during the last five years of her life, was the possession and the exercise, calm indeed, but more vigorous than ever, of that “ Apostolic strength,” which she derived from her raptures and visions.