It will be as well, I think, to explain these locutions of God, and to describe what the soul feels when it receives them.
Teresa of AvilaFor, as I said a little way back, perfect souls are in no way repelled by trials, but rather desire them and pray for them and love them. They are like soldiers: the more wars there are, the better they are pleased, because they hope to emerge from them with the greater riches.
Teresa of Avila