Conversation with Christ: The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila about Personal Prayer, written by Fr. Peter Thomas Rohrbach, summarizes St. Teresa’s approach to meditation. Summarizes St. Teresa’s approach to meditation for ordinary people. Teresa’s approach to mental prayer in Conversation with Christ: The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila about Personal Prayer is born of a holy charity developed by being submissive to the Gospel. Fr. Rohrbach offers a powerful summation of Conversation with Christ: The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila about Personal Prayer. Will you benefit from a conversation with Christ?
Conversation with Christ: The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila about Personal Prayer Summary
Saint Teresa of Avila, mystic, Carmelite reformer, and Doctor of the Church, was one of the greatest people to have ever lived. She is also one of the Church’s greatest saints. She is a spiritual master, and her method of prayer was simple and should be emulated. It is recounted in Conversation with Christ: The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila about Personal Prayer—simple, nothing but conversation with Christ.
Conversation with Christ: The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila about Personal Prayer is an excellent book on meditation. It helps people. The book is all about that, teaching one how to meditate. It is what we would call now a self-help book. Conversation with Christ: The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila about Personal Prayer discusses the nature of meditation, the method, and variations thereof, of meditation, the difficulties with meditation, demonstrates meditation and gives aids to help you do it, and discusses how to measure progress in meditation.
St. Teresa of Avila Biography
St. Teresa of Ávila was born on March 28, 1515, in Ávila, Spain. She died on October 4, 1582. She was canonized in 1622, and her feast day is October 15. She is one of 37 doctors of the Catholic Church. St. Teresa of Ávila was a Spanish nun, one of the great religious women and authors of the Church, and an author of spiritual classics. She came up with the idea of the Carmelite Reform, which restored the austerity and contemplative character of Carmelite life.
St. Teresa of Ávila’s mother died in 1529, and even though her father was opposed, she entered the convent around 1535. Within two years, she grew ill and was disabled for three years, so she had to love mental prayer. After her recovery, however, St. Teresa of Ávila oddly stopped praying. In 1555, St. Teresa of Ávila experienced a religious awakening and began to pray again.
In 1558, Teresa restarted the Carmelite way and the observance of austerity. In 1562, with Pope Pius IV’s authorization, she opened the first convent (St. Joseph’s) of the Carmelite Reform. A storm of hostility came, but she insisted on poverty and subsistence only through public alms. In 1567, while at Medina del Campo, Spain, St. Teresa of Ávila met a young Carmelite priest, Juan de Yepes (later St. John of the Cross, the poet and mystic).
Despite her poor health, St. Teresa of Ávila spent the rest of her life establishing 16 more convents throughout Spain. In 1579, by the efforts of King Philip II of Spain, who knew and admired St. Teresa of Ávila. Teresa, broken in health, was then directed to resume the reform. In journeys that covered hundreds of miles, she made exhausting missions and was fatally stricken traveling to Ávila from Burgos, Spain.
Conclusion
The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila about Personal Prayer is a good book for Catholics to read during Lent because it will help them grow closer to Jesus and because it is a summary. It is important for Catholics to know how to talk to Jesus, and this book shows you how. Good luck with The Teaching of St. Theresa of Avila about personal prayer.
