A life of prayer
Subtitle: cultivating faith and passion for God from the writings of St. Theresa of Avila
By: edited by James M. Houston ; introduction by Clayton L. Berg, Jr.
Contributors: Houston, J. M. 1922-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Classics of faith and devotion
Publisher: Victor Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Colorado Springs, Colo
Language: eng
Subjects: Prayer -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800; Spiritual life -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Teresa's early years of failure and later years of difficulties in prayer; title: A godly family life-romantic ideals of adolescence-companions : bad and good-spiritual directors : wise and unwise; title: Essentials for a life of prayer; title: Love one for the other-detachment (from material things and worldly relationships)-humility : true and false-temptation and humility; title: Prayer, as faith and fervor for God alone; title: Prayer as affection and desire for God-suffering for God-the vision of God-meditations on the Lord's prayer; title: The prayer life as a garden; title: Introduction-watering from the well-the water wheel or the prayer of recollection-the water from an irrigated channel or stream-water from the fountain; title: The interior castle : the interior life as many mansions for God's presence, part 1; title: The first mansions : prayer for self-realization before God-the second mansions : prayer of recollections concerning the character of God and the need for self-surrender-the third mansions : the deception of a good and exemplary life that is still self-centered; title: The interior castle, part 2; title: The fourth mansions : the prayer of quiet, the beginning of a personal encounter with the living God-the fifth mansions : the prayer of simple union with God; title: The interior castle, part 3; title: The sixth mansions : the prayer of intimate union and the betrothal to Christ-the seventh mansions : the prayer of marriage to Jesus as a total transference of life; title: Practical consequences of a life of prayer; title: Some maxims on the conduct of life-on the love of our neighbor-letters of Teresa.