Teresa Avila: 61 books

Questo libro contiene gli avvisi e i consigli che Teresa di Gesù dà alle consorelle religiose, sue figlie spirituali, dei monasteri da lei fondati secondo la Regola primitiva di nostra Signora del Carmelo, con l’aiuto di nostro Signore e della gloriosa Vergine Madre di Dio, nostra Signora. Lo...

Teresa d’Avila nacque in Spagna, ad Avila, nel 1515. Sebbene priva di formazione letteraria, i suoi scritti rientrano tra i più notevoli nell’ambito della letteratura mistica, fino a valerle il titolo di Dottore della Chiesa. Scritte su carta, nello stile appassionante e scorrevole che caratterizza...

St. Teresa of Avila’s 16th century work “The Way of Perfection” is a classic of Christian literature which was written for the nuns of the order she founded. Encouraged by her religious counselors, she sought to give advice and guidance to other nuns in her ways of prayer and Christian meditation...

In 1573, while staying in Salamanca to assist her nuns in the task of establishing one of her seventeen monasteries, Teresa began composing the story of their foundation. The Book of Her Foundations comprises the major portion of Volume Three. This book not only tells the story of the establishment...

Collected in this omnibus edition are three classic works exploring the mystical nature of God. Included are The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence, Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila, and Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross. The Practice of the Presence of God is...

“femmina inquieta e vagabonda”, così viene definita Teresa d’Avila; lei lo sa ed in una lettera confessa che di lei hanno detto che é “una vagabonda ed una inquieta”. Oggi possiamo definire Teresa una “andariega di Dio”, una camminante di Dio. E ci piace come modello di iconografia...

In this landmark of Christian mysticism, the revered Carmelite nun presents moving accounts of her profound religious experiences and ultimate union with God. St. Teresa wrote this memoir at the behest of her confessor. It offers a warm, accessible account of her transformation into an impassioned leader...

Born in the Castilian town of Ávila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by...

While I was beseeching Our Lord today...I began to think of the soul as if it were a castle made of a single diamond or of very clear crystal, in which there are many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions. — St. Teresa of AvilaA masterpiece of spiritual literature, this sixteenth-century...

The soul is a castle, according to 16th century Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila, in which God Herself dwells. At the center of this castle God gleams like a diamond. In Teresa’s classic work The Interior Castle, the soul’s castle holds seven different dwelling places on the way to love’s radiant...

The acclaimed modern translation of St. Teresa of Avila's classic book on spiritual awareness and guidance Celebrated for almost five centuries as a master of spiritual literature, 16th-century saint Teresa of Avila is one of the most beloved religious figures in history. Overcome one day...

Teresa d’Avila nacque in Spagna, ad Avila, nel 1515. Sebbene priva di formazione letteraria, i suoi scritti rientrano tra i più notevoli nell’ambito della letteratura mistica, fino a valerle il titolo di Dottore della Chiesa. Il Cammino di perfezione fu scritto tra il 1564 e il 1567 per le carmelitane...

L'autrice è Teresa di Gesù, o d'Ávila, al secolo Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada (Ávila, 28 marzo 1515 – Alba de Tormes, 15 ottobre 1582), è stata una religiosa e mistica spagnola. Entrata nel Carmelo di Avila a vent'anni, fuggita di casa,...

The Interior Castle is more than a book. It is a powerful image of the mystery of the human person. It is the soul of St. Teresa of Avila, who journeys through the castle from one dwelling place to another mapping out a feminine, yet warlike, program for the Christian spiritual life. It is also the...