5 Important lessons from St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
INTRODUCTIONHappy Feast day to all attached to the name and devotion of St. Teresa, especially the Discalced Carmelite nuns and friars. The period of the birth of St. Terese in 1515, was when Columbus opened up to European colonization. Interestingly, it was within this period, Luther started the Protestant Reformation. From this background of turmoil she shed the light of Christ and interior peaceOut of all of this change came Teresa pointing the way from outer turmoil to inner peace and way of perfection.
HER LIFE
In her failed attempt to be martyred (just like St. Francis of Assisi) thus fulfulling her eagerness to be with Christ forever, St. Teresa built a hermitage with her brother where they lived and prayed. Later on, she became a Carmelite nun. She was called on to reform her order with St. John of the Cross; Order of Discalced Carmelite. She hated delusion and to the last obeyed her confessor. She died on October 4, 1582. She was canonized in 1622 and in 1970 she was declared doctor of the church. She is the patron saint of Headache sufferers. Her symbol is a heart, an arrow, and a book.
HER WORKS
Autobiography
The Way of Perfection (1583),
The Interior Castle (1588),
Spiritual Relations, Exclamations of the Soul to God (1588),
and Conceptions on the Love of God.
Of her poems, 31 are extant; of her letters, 458 are extant.
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