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St. Teresa of Jesus of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel - Embracing The Life, Relations, Maxims and Foundations Written by the Saint (Paperback)
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St. Teresa of Jesus of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel - Embracing The Life, Relations, Maxims and Foundations Written by the Saint (Paperback)
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This work is the autobiography of Saint Teresa followed by the
Foundations she made in her life. THE fascination and influence of
a great personality stretch throughout time with a message for
every age. Teresa of Jesus, truest and soundest of mystics, rich in
subjective experiences, yet richer in self-effacement before the
glory of the most High God; most independent yet most submissive of
women, untiring in labours, exalted in prayer-the message of such a
one to our times is too obvious to need comment. A reprint of her
works needs no explanation. The test of three and a half centuries
of trial has been applied to her books and has proved them worthy
of the life-long reading of all spiritually-minded Christians. Her
sympathetic and unconventional style is a crystal medium of
communication between herself and any human soul. Given a reader
with any degree of devout receptivity and St. Teresa's writings are
quickly established among his master books, to be used occasionally
all through life, in many cases to be used unceasingly. They may,
therefore, be read by persons in all states and conditions of life
in Holy Church, who are in the least degree desirous of Christian
perfection. Nor is this privilege the monopoly only of the more
perfect Christians; a soul but newly converted from the most
degrading vice, if he be only intensely converted, can get some
profit and very practical profit from every page of these messages
of a fellow mortal raised to the highest sanctity. Her literary
abilities make this reading a delight. Her words written as they
were in the golden age of her native tongue are ranked among the
best Castilian classics. The style is flowing yet terse. There is
not the faintest suspicion of verbiage, yet she possesses the
diffusivenesses of description so necessary in discoursing of
topics where the least shade of meaning ministers to the essential
needs of integral information. In so typical a contemplative one
might expect to find a retlnng timorous soul: Teresa was retiring,
indeed, and craved passionately to be alone with God. But in
reading her "Life" and "Letters," and especially her "Book of
Foundations," we become acquainted with an independent even an
aggressive temperament, full of initiative, venturesome,
resourceful, even bold to the verge of audacity-all this exhibited
not simply as a result of the supernatural gift of 'fortitude; but,
in a certain degree, of her native and instinctive qualities. Some
little girls forecast their future vocation by playing nun; she did
so by actually striving to become a martyr for Christ. Her's was
naturally the reverse of a yielding, pliant nature. During her
early years, both at home and at boarding school, though a
sweet-tempered guileless child, she was self-willed. When her
father refused his consent to her entering the convent, she left
her home and joined the Sisters against his will. From the
beginning to the end of her life she exhibited great self-poise of
character. Even after God had terribly chastened her by interior
anguish and bodily illness extending over many years, and had begun
to illumine her soul with a miraculous guidance, He yet did not
hinder her from thinking for herself. Though, as we shall see, He
granted her heroic grace of obedience to superiors. After he had
elevated her motives and had bestowed on her the rarest gifts of
infused prayer, she still retained the original native force; and
she responded to His inspiration for introducing the Carmelite
reform by a strikingly fearless plan of action.
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