of S. Teresa of Jesus
of the Order of our Lady of Carmel
Discussion of Chapter 26 XXVI
Chapter 26 Contents
- Continuation Of The Same Foundation
Of S. Joseph In The City Of Seville.
- Relates Some Very Noteworthy Doings
- Concerning The First Nun
Who Entered There
1. The Saint quits Seville. —
2. Her stay there full of trials. —
3. The first novice in Seville
falsely accused when a child. —
4. And cruelly treated. —
5. Her innocence manifested. —
6. Beginning of her vocation. —
7. She refuses to marry. —
8. And is most cruelly treated. —
9. Her goodness discovered. —
10. A vision. —
11. Sees Carmelites for the first time. —
12. Confesses to Father Gratian. —
13. And escapes into the monastery. —
14.. Her joy and bodily health. —
15. Assailed by temptations. —
16. And delivered.
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Discussion of Chapter 26
█ Summary
In chapter 26, St. Teresa continues
the account of Seville
from chapters 23, 24, and 25.
St. Teresa recalls with joy
the inaugeration of the Monastery
of Seville at its 2nd site.
"This festival took place
on the Sunday before Pentecost, 1576.
Immediately after, on the Monday,
I left the place"
[ Foundations: Ch26: #1 ]
Although she had to leave Seville,
she expresses her joy
"that I was leaving the sisters
- in so good a house,
- so well placed,
- the monastery known, and
- with nuns in it who could pay
the greater part of the sum it cost..."
[ Foundations: Ch26: #1 ]
▀ St Teresa talks of the nuns at this convent
The chapter consists primarily of the
story of the first novice,
Beatriz of the Mother of God,
which follows her from childhood
through her entry into Carmel.
Through brief references and foot notes,
the names of some of the other nuns at Seville
are also made known.
■ The Nuns who accompanied her to Seville
"As to those in it
whom I took with me, five in number,
I have already said how good they were:
[ Foundations: Ch26: #2 ]
Mary of S. Joseph,
Isabel of S. Francis,
Mary of the Holy Ghost,
Isabel of S. Jerome,
Leonor of S. Gabriel,
and Anne of S. Albert.
The last was not to remain
in Seville,
for the Saint intended her to be
the prioress of Caravaca
[ Foundations: Ch. 24:
Foot note #10 ]
▪ The Prioress
"Mary of S. Joseph.(Salazar)
nun of Malagon,
The Saint took her to Veas
and afterwards to Seville,
where she made her prioress"
[ Foundations: Ch. 25:
Foot note: #9 ]
■ Those who requested entry into Carmel
"His Majesty has begun
to draw good souls into the house."
[ Foundations: Ch. 26: #2 ]
"Thus our Lord goes on,
filling this His house with souls
so eager to serve Him
that neither the austerities
nor the strictness of enclosure
can stand in their way."
[ Foundations: Ch. 26: #16 ]
▪ "the first who entered...(was)
Beatriz of the Mother of God"
[ Foundations: Ch. 26: #3,4 ]
She entered the Monastery,
without the knowledge of her parents
on May 29, 1575,
"on the very day of the feast
of the Most Holy Trinity" [7]
[ Foundations: Ch. 26: #12 ]
"Three days after the arrival
of the nuns,
the day when the first Mass
was being said.
[ Foundations: Ch. 26:
Foot note # 7 ]
"Beatriz of the Mother of God
made her profession
29th September 1576;
[ Foundations: Ch. 26:
Foot note # 7 ]
▪ Juana de a Cruz
(the mother of Beatriz )
"Within a few days after (Beatriz)
entered the monastery
her father died,
and her mother [9]
took the habit in the same house,
giving to it by way of alms
all she possessed."
[ Foundations: Ch. 26: #16 ]
"Juana Gomez"
[ Foundations: Ch. 26:
Foot note # 2 ]
"She made her profession,
10th November 1577,
as lay sister under the name
Juana de la Cruz."
[ Foundations: Ch. 26:
Foot note # 9 ]
▪ Bernarda of S. Joseph
"Moreover a year had not passed by
when there came another,
very much against the will
of her father and mother." [10]
[ Foundations: Ch. 26: #16 ]
"A cousin of Beatriz
entered soon after,
taking the name,
Leonor of S. Angelus"
[ Foundations: Ch. 26:
Foot note # 9 ]
"Bernarda of S. Joseph,
who took the habit
10th March 1576"
[ Foundations: Ch. 26:
Foot note #10]
End of the Discussion
of Chapter 26
of the
Book of the Foundations
of S. Teresa of Jesus
of the Order of our Lady of Carmel
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