Teresa of Àvila on the Interior Castle

Your soul brings delight to God

“Our soul is like a castle made entirely out of a diamond or of very clear crystal, in which there are many rooms… it is nothing else but a paradise where God finds delight.” — Saint Teresa of Ávila

Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) is widely considered one of the greatest mystics of the Catholic Christian tradition. A Spanish Carmelite nun who lived at the ti…