Teresa of Avila
Subtitle: Ecstasy and Common Sense
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: October 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9781570621673
Subjects: Biography: general; Christian mysticism; Christianity - Theology - Catholic; Specific Members Of Religious Congregations And Orders; Mysticism; Religion - Classic Works; Religion; Spiritual life; Christian Theology - Catholic; Religion / Mysticism; Meditations; Catholic church
First sentence: THROUGHOUT two thousand pages of her writings, Teresa gives us concrete and practical advice for spiritual growth.
Description: "The words of Saint Teresa of Avila speak to the heart so directly that even four hundred years after her death she seems like our contemporary. Mother Tessa Bielecki has brought together here short selections from Tessa's collected works - including The Way of Perfection, The Interior Castle, her autobiography, poetry, meditations, and letters - to create a living portrait of Teresa and her exuberant spirituality. Teresa's striving for divine union was inseparable from her passionate involvement in the hardships and joys of the everyday - which makes her an eminently worthy model for modern people who seek to integrate spirituality and the rest of life."--Jacket.