Letter 88. To Father Gracian in Castile, Seville, December, 1575

Postcript to the preceding letter.

... In my opinion it would be better to choose any religious from the community as prioress than to into relations with St. Teresa. He had the gift of discernment of spirits. The Saint addressed Relations vii and viii to him and always spoke of him with the highest respect. He died in 1587. {CEuz'res I i, 276).

bring one from elsewhere. . . All other considerations ought to give way to the soul's salvation, but when it is merely a question of health there would be serious drawbacks to allowing the nuns to change from one convent to another. As I mentioned when writing to you a short time ago, there are many; I remarked how large a number I saw of . . .