Research Paper On St. Teresa Of Avila

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St. Teresa of Avila is a saint Carmelite reformer. She personally experienced a lot of life in prayer,she can effectively help people turn to God. She wrote a book on the way in prayer and help other people. Her writing full of humanity, interesting style. She wrote the most complete detailed that devotional process, from the initial awakening and prayer to God. She is also a Christian saint of theologians, she stressed again and again, no matter what we can not abandon the humanity of Christ.She is good at writing, sewing and housework.At the age of seven, she and her brother Rodrigo, go to Moorish area beheaded martyrdom for Christ, but their uncle was blocked. About twelve years old, this pious zeal diminished, began to develop their own favorite nature, but also like to watch chivalry story. …show more content…

When she is in this crisis, in this case her mother died. Teresa was very painful, she feel alone, then pray the Blessed Virgin to be her mother. Her father entrusted Augustine took her religious Santa Maria delle Grazie convent. That helping to restore Teresa enthusiastic faith life. when she lived in Custer and read saint Jeronimo's letters, she decided to enter the religious, he began to pray. Soon, she was very sick, although receiving treatment, it has not changed for the better. Later, she lived in her uncle Peter's house, she read that book, Prayer preliminary, she said:" I do not know how to progress in prayer, I do not know how to win their hearts and grabbing God, so I therefrom We get a lot of satisfaction, and decided to go all followers of this path. "After Teresa healed, her spiritual life into an extraordinary period of time, but she did not give up prayer not imagine that her soul can reach contemplation. Finally, infront of a" scar over the body of Christ "icon. She got the experience of