Review: Doctor of Mystical Theology
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2012
The Life and Prayers of Saint Teresa of Avilais another in the beautiful series of life and prayers of some of the most influential Catholic saints by Wyatt North.  Saint Teresa is famous for her writings on mystical prayer and for founding with Saint John of the Cross the order of Discalced Carmelites.( Discalced comes from not wearing shoes or only wearing sandals.) I've always been interested in her because one of the nuns I had in parochial school always talked about St. Teresa's  visions of heaven and hell.Saint Teresa came from a devout Catholic family but she still felt that she had an inborn tendency to be wicked even with having a great desire to do God's will and to be good.  She was able with much prayer  to accept God's grace to help her to become obedient to Him. She wrote  "I've learned through experience how much good it does a soul not to stray from obedience."  She still experienced many struggles in her life such as lonliness, illness, and opposition. Reading about her life can also help us accept God's grace and will in our own lives.The book also gives an easy to understand  explanation of one of her famous works The Interior Castle.It contains some of her beautiful prayers and devotions to her. From one of her prayers "Whoever possesses God lacks nothing".  I would also recommendThe Life and Prayers of Saint Thérèse of Lisieuxand all the other books in the series.