Howells demonstrates an easy familiarity with the entire range of writings of John of the Cross and
Teresa of Avila in the original Spanish, as well as in-depth encounter with the secondary literature.
But unlike the nuns of other contemplative orders, such as the Discalced Carmelites (the order reformed by
Teresa of Avila [1515-1582]), the Cistercians appear to have had more extensive and varied contacts with the laity.
The Roman Catholic Church will honor tomorrow (December 14) the life and works of a well-loved friar and a known Spanish mystic, Saint John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz), a Doctor of the Universal Church and co-founder, with Saint
Teresa of Avila, of the Discalced Carmelites.
Teresa of Avila, a Spanish mystic and the first woman Doctor of the Church.
Teresa of Avila tagged it "awareness, absorbed and amazed."
Teresa of Avila said she knew of only three people who at death went straight to heaven, one being a saintly dominican priest, Fr.
Teresa of Avila: "Now then, once Jesus saw the need, he sought out a wonderful means by which to show the extreme of his love for us, and in his own name and in that of his brothers he made the following petition: 'Give us this day, Lord, our daily bread.'"
Then she applies the work of Thomas Kuhn on paradigm shift to mysticism, especially to the thought of
Teresa of Avila, Bonaventure, the anonymous writer of The Cloud of Unknowing, and Meister Eckhart.
"Don't let a day pass by remembering how we experience the love, mercy, compassion, and understanding of God, He who is patient and kind, who will not condemn nor destroy, but will rather, save His creation, His children, who are the handiwork of His love," Tagle said in his homily during a recent prayer congress held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City in honor of Saint
Teresa of Avila.
Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux and Simone Well are places to start.
Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Spanish mystic and Doctor of the church.
Reasons once valid in a supernatural culture like that of
Teresa of Avila no longer count.