The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself by Teresa of Ávila

Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many visions and mystical experiences. Born in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Teresa always denied her own saintliness, however, saying in a letter: There is no suggestion of that nonsense about my supposed sanctity.' This frank account is one of the great stories of a religious life and a literary masterpiece after Don Quixote, it is Spain's most widely read prose classic. Teresa of Avila, The Life of Teresa of Jesus.

She went on to found seventeen Carmelite monasteries throughout Spain. only through humble, self-reflective prayer and meditation can the first mansion be entered, let alone. Una obra fundamental de la literatura mística Edición de Jorge García López, profesor de Filología Española en la Universitat de Girona Santa Teresa de Jesús, también conocida como Teresa de Ávila, es, junto con san Juan de la Cruz, el gran nombre de la mística española. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many visions and mystical experiences, including the piercing of her heart by a spear of divine love.

The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself by Teresa of Ávila