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by: St.Teresa of Avila
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781905574018
ISBN: 1905574010
Label: Baronius Press
Manufacturer: Baronius Press
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: April 01, 2006
Publisher: Baronius Press
Sales Rank: 690802
Studio: Baronius Press
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St. Teresa of Jesus, also known as St. Teresa of Avila, was a Spanish Carmelite nun in the 16th Century, who became a prominent mystic, writer and monastic reformer. The Way of Perfection is a great classic useful for anyone wishing to develop his or her prayer life. St Teresa divided the book into three sections. The first describing the requirements for prayer: detachment, humility and love. In the second section she develops these themes, and the last provides an insightful exploration of the Lord s Prayer. This book will help you to grow in prayer and in faith, as the timeless wisdom of this well-loved Doctor of the Church leads you closer to the loving heart of God our father.
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Rating:  - Read to Perfection ! ! !
The "Way of Perfection" is Teresa of Avila's classic book on how to pray
(the Our Father).No one in my opinion wrote more clearly on the subject than she.What's amazing about the "Way of Perfection" is that she wrote it straight through unedited (taken out of her autobiography)on the floor
of one of her convents by a sunlit window.It attests to her amazing skill
as a writer!
What makes the audiobook so good though is the reader,Julie Clapp.I've listened to a lot of ... Read More
Rating: - A Classic
This work is a classic in Catholic thought on mystical theology. St.Teresa's style is simple and down to earth; her ideas are profound and can be meditated on for much spiritual benefit. She covers prayer from the simple formal variety to the prayer of mystical union. Her ideas in this book are more of an outline. For more in depth treatment you might want to try her book The Interior Castle.
Rating:  - Mr. Carrigan, Leave it Alone, Please.
Mr. Carrigan takes it upon himself to omit essential material in the books he edits--this and 'Ascent of Mount Carmel' are two. He ignores that these were written by religious for religious, and is presumptuous and arrogant to assume that the entirety of these saints' writings is not important. I purchased this book here, then after reading the preface, immediately auctioned it off and found an *accurate* copy.
My suggestion: If you want to read the great Carmelite mystics, give Mr. Carrigan's ... Read More
Rating: - Good introduction to this Doctor of the Church
OK, let's say you have made a beginning on the way of prayer, and you have been looking for good sources to read. You have heard a lot about St. Teresa of Avila. After all, she was one of the first women ever named a Doctor (in the Latin meaning of "teacher") of the Church. But lo and behold, you have found her Life puzzling and The Interior Castle just about impossible to understand.
Then this is the place to start. Yes, Teresa was writing 400 and more years ago, and her audience was cloistered ... Read More
Rating:  - Saintly Holiness & Its Application to Us
Teresa of Avila was a carmelite nun who wrote this book as a means to guide the nuns in her convent onto the path of holiness, not for their own sake but for love of God.
Accordingly, much of what is written applies strictly to the setting of the convent. However, the spiritual values expressed are timeless. The Saint extols ascetical poverty. While we in the world cannot, or do not, practice ascetical poverty we can derive the spirit behind the vow - that of detachment from things that do not ... Read More
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