Source of Teresa of Avila quote

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Wondering if anyone can help, please.
I have often read the following quote attributed to St Teresa of Avila:

'The feeling remains that God is on the journey too. ’

But, despite searching, I have never been able to find the source of the quote.

If she did ever say this, would someone please be able to provide the reference, as I would like to read it in context.

Thank you!
 
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Never mind, sorry, found I could correct the auto correct mistake in the header.
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Does that mean it’s part of a kind of ‘oral tradition’ and there is no reference to it in her writings?
 
Fair enough, thanks.
I’ve tried for ages and reached a dead end.
Sounds apocryphal like St Francis’ ‘Preach the gospel and when necessary use words’
 
I don’t think it would be “oral tradition”.

If you really want to find the quote, get a pdf with Saint Teresa of Avila books. Then search within the pdf using the most identifying words of the quote. If that doesn’t work the translation might be off. So get the pdf in Spanish an search for the Spanish translation of those words.

Saint Teresa of Avila also exchanged numerous letters with several persons, and those letters have been edited in book. The quote might come from one of those letters - the letters are rarely printed in their entirety but in Spanish it shouldn’t be hard to find an edition of the complete collection. Again the most recent editions are likely still copyrighted but the older ones are probably freely available.

With some patience and time you should find the original quote.
 
I would read ‘Interior Castle’. That seems to me where it would come from
 
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What did you think of that book? I have it but have never got round to reading it. Is it really a masterpiece?
 
I’m just starting to read it now. It’s really good. Much easier to understand than her other books, especially with the use of metaphors.
 
I highly recommend “Interior Castle”. It certainly heightens and improves my prayer life and my catholic spirituality. This great saint takes you through a journey of prayers and alerts us its many trials and struggles.

God bless…
 
It takes you through different rooms, as the soul gets holier and closer to God? Sorry if I am derailing the thread btw.
 
Indeed. Moving from room to room… and her colorful metaphors—cultivating a beautiful garden where God can take pleasures in it as He wishes…
 
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Thanks but I have had a bit of a word search through documents and am resigned not to find it.
Yes, The Interior Castle is wonderful, although a bit sobering when finding myself way down in the first room every time I pick it up!
There are 10 chapters in The Life of Teresa of Jesus, I think chapters 10 - 20 which give a beautiful, succinct (well, compared to IC) and accessible account of the stages of prayer - the 4 methods of watering the garden of one’s soul. Ends with a treatment of the difference between rapture and union - highly recommended.
 
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Forgive me for derailing from your original question. I often get overly excited and overly joyed whenever I have a chance to think about, or discuss, this great saint of the Church. What a gift she has been for the Church… She often emphasized humility and obedience. I remember she once told her sisters to not follow her bad (wicked) examples, but to follow the Church

God bless…
 
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Not a problem, Randolph, I agree, she is a great gift to the Church. Our youngest daughter is named after her, and we don’t even particularly like the name!
My wife visited Avila and knelt in the confessional where St John of the Cross would have heard Teres’a confession.
Apart from places in the Holy Land like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (and they take a bit more imagination), I don’t think sacred sites get any better than that.
Her works are a real joy to read as is Fr Dubay’s ‘Fire Within’ regarding the spirituality of both St Teresa and St John of the Cross.
 
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