St Teresa of Avila

St Teresa of Avila (28 March 1515 - 4 October 1582) feast day 15th October
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Or The Mansions
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Sitxty-three Saints of the Western Church from the First to the Twentieth Century
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Revelations of Our Lord to Saints: Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Genoa, Gertrude the Great and Margaret Mary Alacoque
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Reflections from the Interior Castle
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St Teresa of Avila
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Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Avila
by F. A.Forbes

Saint Teresa of Avila, mystic, Carmelite reformer, and Doctor of the Church, is one of the greatest people to ever walk the face of the Earth—and even one of the greatest saints. Her position as a spiritual master is uncontested and, as this short, readable biography will attest, her life was one of astounding sanctity and humility.

Such was the soul of the great St. Teresa of Avila, reformer of Carmel. In her youth, Teresa had all but forced herself to become a nun, and in the ensuing years she would also make many other courageous decisions. Her life would include remarkable mystical graces, fears of delusion by Satan, a vision of her potential place in Hell, many travels to found new Carmelite convents, work with other great Saints and dealings with difficult persons, and more. She was zealous in mortification and frequently exerted herself to the point of illness. She experienced interior visions (i.e. without sensory manifestation) of Our Lord, levitations, and other graces, including the famous transverberation, where her heart was mystically pierced by a lance borne by a seraph.

But Teresa's principle work in life was to reform the Carmelites; she traveled all about Spain establishing new convents and, with St. John of the Cross, men's monasteries. Throughout all of her reform work, her attitude was joyful, saintly, and profoundly charismatic. The same personality shines through in her works on mystical theology, all of which are masterpieces, but the greatest of which is The Interior Castle, a guide of the spiritual journey of the soul through seven "mansions" of spiritual progress.

This is the story of St. Teresa of Avila, a woman of great heart and immense common sense, one of the most remarkable women in the history of the world. She reformed Carmel—thus making the Carmelite Order into a mother of saints—and leaving a tremendous mark on the Catholic Church even to this day.

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The Interior Castle
The Interior Castle
Or The Mansions
by St Teresa of Avila

What does the life of our soul look like?

In The Interior Castle, St. Teresa imagines the soul as a magnificent castle full of spacious and elaborate rooms. And, as St. Teresa describes, at the heart of this castle stands the seat of the King Himself.  

“I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions. If we reflect, sisters, we shall see that the souls of the just man is but a paradise, in which, God tells us, He takes His delight.” (Page 7)

This book provides a remarkable description of the spiritual life of the soul. From the first release of the soul from mortal sin into sanctifying grace, to the mystical marriage of the soul to Christ, Interior Castle describes the spiritual life as a journey through the imagery of a mysterious and beautiful castle. 

Using her image of a castle, Saint Teresa writes about numerous essential aspects of our spiritual journey in this book, including:
  • Practical advice to those beginning their spiritual journey, especially regarding the early struggles and temptations to turn back
  • Descriptions of the seven mansions and what they mean for the soul
  • How and why we should love and serve the Divine Majesty 
  • The value of our progress towards God 

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 254 pages, Impr.
Or The Mansions
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The Way of Perfection
The Way of Perfection
by St Teresa of Avila

Saint Teresa of Ávila, mystic, Carmelite reformer, and Doctor of the Church, is one of the greatest people to ever walk the face of the Earth—and even one of the greatest saints. Her position as a spiritual master is uncontested and, as her Way of Perfection will attest, her method of prayer was simple: through astounding sanctity and humility, as well as intensive recollection, we may approach God through meditation and come to know Him intimately. And He always rewards us more than we deserve.

From this saintly life developed a method of prayer, a veritable method of growing in perfection, that includes such insights as this:
  • Prayer must never be self-indulgent.
  • Only solitude and interior quietude are necessary for meditative prayer.
  • Vocal prayer is of extreme use and must be said humbly and attentively.
  • Meditation is necessary to grow in virtue.
  • Recollection of one's nothingness before prayer is essential.
  • Humility and perseverance are necessary for prayer.
  • And so much more . . .

The Way of Perfection is an astounding work by an astounding saint, a highly detailed and immensely useful guide to approaching the Lord through higher and higher degrees of meditative prayer and contemplation, written by the queen among the saints of meditation, beyond compare in mystical wisdom. Let that wisdom pierce your heart too, through the words of these pages.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 271 pages
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The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 1
The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 1
Includes The Book of Her Life, Spiritual Testimonies and the Soliloquies
by St Teresa of Avila

Volume One of The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, first woman doctor of the church. The translators have taken full advantage of all that recent scholarship has contributed to a better understanding of Teresa and her writings.

This volume includes her first major work, 
The Book of Her Life, and two of her shorter works, the Spiritual Testimonies and the Soliloquies. Clear and contemporary, this rendering captures Teresa's spirit while remaining faithful to her thought. Includes general and biblical index.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 420 pages
Includes The Book of Her Life, Spiritual Testimonies and the Soliloquies
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The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 2

The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 2
Includes The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle
by St Teresa of Avila

This volume contains two of Teresa's most popular works: The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle.

Shortly after writing The Book of Her Life for her confessor, St. Teresa wrote The Way of Perfection at the request of her nuns who were eager to learn about prayer and contemplation. Throughout this work she teaches her nuns about prayer and also teaches us.

The Interior Castle is considered St. Teresa of Avila’s masterpiece. She wrote this last work in just a few months in 1577, five years before her death. At this point in her life she had been granted the highest mystical graces; this book is the fruit of her lived experience and a deep-felt praise of God for it. Using the image of a castle, Teresa describes the soul’s progressive inner journey through seven dwelling places, until finally reaching the center where, now transformed, it is united with God. 

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 554 pages

Includes The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle
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Picture Book of Saints #01
Picture Book of Saints #01
by Fr Lawrence G. Lovasik

St. Joseph Picture Book Series, Part 1 of 12 books on the "Super-Heroes of God"--commonly known as Saints--by beloved author Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D. introduces Catholic children to 15 of the most well-known Saints. Among the features of this book are:

  • a full-color illustration of each Saint
  • short, easy-to-understand lives of the Saints that offer a window on what made them so special in the eyes of God
  • the feast day for each Saint in accordance with the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church
  • a concluding prayer
Saints included in this edition are:

St. Elizabeth Ann SetonSt. John BoscoSt. PatrickSt. John Baptist de la Salle
St. Anthony of PaduaSt. Thomas MoreSt. AnneSt. Lawrence
St. Pius XSt. Peter ClaverSt. Vincent de PaulSt. Teresa of Avila
St. Margaret Mary AlacoqueSt. Isaac JoguesSt. Stephen

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Self Conquest
Self Conquest
compiled by Fr Francis X. Lasance


"The conquest of self is the grandest triumph that man can achieve."  

Self Conquest holds inspiring thoughts for each day of the year. Reflecting on these counsels, drawn from the Scriptures and sayings of numerous saints, including St. Teresa of Avila, St Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, and St. Alphonsus Liguori, will assist us in striving for sanctity.

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Saints Who Saw Mary
Saints Who Saw Mary
by Raphael Brown

"How lovely is Thy Dwelling-Place, O Lord God of Hosts!" —Psalm 83 (84)

To gaze upon and speak with Our Lady is one of the tenderest longings of the pious Christian soul. Our Lord could not have conceived of a greater human creature than His own Mother, and so it is one of the most sublime graces to be granted a vision of that Heavenly Garden, the True Eden and New Eve. It is no wonder, then, that those most blessed souls who have loved Christ most have merited to see her, who only leads us deeper into His love.

Saints Who Saw Mary recounts the stories of 17 canonized saints who kept company with the Ark of the New Covenant, the Mother of God. Their stories are profound, enlightening, inspiring, and tantalizing. Learn of Our Lady's dealings with such luminaries of the sanctoral patrimony as:
  • Gertrude the Great
  • Francis of Assisi
  • Bridget of Sweden
  • Catherine of Siena
  • Teresa of Avila
  • John of the Cross

It is no coincidence that Our Lady appeared to these who are among the greatest saints in the history of the Church. For anyone who does not love His Mother, who bore God, can merit to bear Christ and His glorious resurrection. Let these accounts move you not only to longing for the sight of the Mother of God and her Son, but, what is far more important, to a deeper love and longing to be united to Him through her who is most blessed.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 160 pages

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Illustrated Lives of Patron Saints for Girls
Illustrated Lives of Patron Saints for Girls
by Mary E Mannix

Learn about the interesting lives of some of your favorite female saints, some of the great things they accomplished, and how they became saints!

Includes in lives of:
St AnneSt AgnesSt Teresa of AvilaSt Rose of LimaSt Cecilia
St HelenaSt Bridget of IrelandSt Catherine of SienaSt Elizabeth of HungarySt Margaret of Scotland


10 different saints and a short story averaging 24 pages per saint.

Paperback, size 5.8" x 4.15", 240 pages
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The Interior Castle leather hardcover

The Interior Castle leather hardcover
by St Teresa of Avila

"I began to think of the soul as a castle made of a single diamond […] in which there are many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions."

St. Teresa of Jesus, also known as St. Teresa of Avila, is one of the most popular Doctors of the Church. Her teaching on prayer has continued to inspire and guide Christians in their spiritual journeys for over four hundred years.

In The Interior Castle St. Teresa describes the road by which she was led, well aware that the others may be led in a different way. In the heavenly Father’s house, there are many mansions; not only seven, and many paths lead to them. What gives the work such high value is, that it is the result of a most searching inquiry into the various phases whereby a soul is gradually transformed into the likeness of God Himself. Here St. Teresa is at her best. She takes nothing for granted, her own personal experiences are admitted only after having been fully investigated and found to be consistent one with the other, and conformable to the teaching of the Church and the words of Holy Scripture.

Leather Hardcover, size 8.5" x 5.5", 256 pages

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The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila

The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, Volume 1
by St Teresa of Avila
Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD

This book contains Letters from 1546 to 1577.
Includes Introductions, Endnotes, Biographical Sketches and Index.

St. Teresa of Avila wrote candidly the story of both her life and her work as foundress in two books: the Life and the Foundations. Despite her openness in them, she wrote with the knowledge they would be read by her censors. Her letters, then, exhibit even more striking candor, offering many details that were not meant for the public. In these letters we walk with Teresa year by year, day by day -- even hour by hour sometimes. Her worries, her troubles and triumphs, her expressions of sadness and joy pervade these pages. Without question we have before us a rich collection, showing a heart magnanimously open to others, communicating with them on many levels, pouring itself out to family members and religious, to friends, theologians, advisors, and to the nobility and business people.

Difficult as writing a book was for Teresa, she preferred it to letter-writing, a drudgery that cost her more than all the pitiful roads and sorry weather experienced on her journey through Spain. What proved painful for her has proved a treasure for us, a collection of letters that scholars consider unparalleled in Spanish literature.

Letters in the years of 1578-1582 are in the second volume.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 702 pages

Volume 1
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The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2: 1578-1582
The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2: 1578-1582
by St Teresa of Avila

This second and final volume of St. Teresa's correspondence begins with the year 1578, a most troubling time for Teresa. A keen observer of the reality around her as well as within, Teresa in these letters focuses light on many of the struggles in both the Carmelite order and the church of sixteenth-century Spain. She introduces us to major personalities who have left their mark on history.

Through her letters historians gain a better knowledge of the chronology of events in Teresa's life and how she related to the diverse people she had dealings with. A number of everyday particulars that compilers and editors of those times considered unimportant are today prized. Her worries, her troubles and triumphs, her expressions of sadness and joy, are all present here. With a compelling spontaneity, these letters disclose a Teresa in a complex variety of circumstances. The extraordinary gifts of grace bestowed by God on this Spanish Madre fortified her for a demanding ministry of service which entailed heavy responsibilities and that drew her contemplative soul into a whirl of activities. Because of the limited means of travel and communication in the sixteenth century, the organization of a reform like hers, with its unavoidable business matters, had to be dealt with chiefly through correspondence, a chafing duty that became one of Teresa's greatest trials. She often repeated that letter-writing was her biggest burden, a wearisome task that cost her more than all the miserable roads and bad weather experienced on her journeys through Spain.

With its endnotes, biographical sketches, and above all, fresh translation, this second volume, like the first volume of Teresa's Collected Letters opens again another door into the fascinating world of this saint, one of the greatest women history has known.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 661 pages
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Life of St. Teresa of Jesus - Autobiography
Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
by St Teresa of Avila

Saint Teresa of Avila, mystic, Carmelite reformer, and Doctor of the Church, is one of the greatest people to ever walk the face of the Earth—and even one of the greatest saints. Her position as a spiritual master is uncontested and, as her Autobiography will attest, her life was one of astounding sanctity and humility.

Born to a pious family in 1515, she grew up fascinated with the faith. A popular anecdote from her youth tells of an impromptu escapade with her brother: they attempted to flee to Africa to be martyred by Moors, only to be brought back from the city walls by their uncle. Teresa later joined the Carmelites at 20, but found their practices to be lacking in austerity. She herself was zealous in mortification, and frequently exerted herself to the point of illness. Upon recovery after a particularly long convalescence, she began to experience religious ecstasies, which continued throughout her life. She experienced interior visions (i.e. without sensory manifestation) of Our Lord, levitations, and other graces, including the famous transverberation, where her heart was mystically pierced by a lance borne by a seraph.

But Teresa's principle work in life was to reform the Carmelites; she traveled all about Spain establishing new convents and, with St. John of the Cross, men's monasteries. Throughout all of her reform work, her attitude was joyful, saintly, and profoundly charismatic. The same personality shines through in her works on mystical theology, all of which are masterpieces, but the greatest of which is The Interior Castle, a guide of the spiritual journey of the soul through seven "mansions" of spiritual progress. The Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila is an astounding work by an astounding saint, a highly detailed and immensely useful look at the interior life of the mistress of the interior castle, a saint beyond compare in mystical wisdom. Let that wisdom pierce your heart too, through the words of these pages.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 560 pages
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The Young People's Book of Saints
The Young People's Book of Saints
Sitxty-three Saints of the Western Church from the First to the Twentieth Century
by Hugh Ross Williamson

Sixty-three Saints of the Western Church from the 1st to the 20th Century Saints are the men and women who best love Christ and His Church.

They may be kings or queens, statesmen or soldiers, scholars, visionaries, workmen or beggars. They teach us the real meaning of human history, and they show us how to live in any walk of life or set of circumstances. 

Many of these saints were martyrs, killed in periods of persecution. Others died trying to bring the knowledge of Christ to pagan tribes. Yet others built up the Church through their example and their teaching, but were never called upon to shed their blood.

St James the GreaterSt DenisSt HelenSt Ambrose of MilanSt Germain
St PatrickSt GenevieveSt Brigid of IrelandSt BenedictSt Gregory the Great
St Columba of IonaSt HermengildSt Isidore of SevilleSt AidenSt Audry (Etheldreda)
St Cuthbert of LindisfarneSt GilesSt BonifaceSt Eulogius of CordovaSt Swithun
St WenceslausSt WolfgangSts Henry & CunegundSt Edward the ConfessorSt Benno of Meissen
St Gregory VIISt NorbertSt Bernard of ClairvauxSt Thomas of CanterburySt Hildegard
St Hugh of LincolnSt Francis of AssisiSt DominicSt Anthony of PaduaSt Elizabeth of Hungary
St WilleboldSt Louis IXSt Albert the GreatSt Thomas AquinasBl Ramon Lull
St Elizabeth the PeacemakerSt Catherine of SienaSt John NepomuceneSt Bernadine of SienaSt Joan of Arc
St Jerome EmilianiSt Thomas MoreSt Ignatius LoyolaSt John of GodSt Francis Xavier
St Teresa of AvilaSt Peter CanisiusBl Edmund CampionSt Camillus de LellisSt Vincent de Paul
St Alphonsus LiguoriSt Benedict Joseph LabreThe Cure d'ArsSt BernadetteSt John Bosco
St Therese of LisieuxSt Pius XSt Frances Xavier Cabrini

Paperback, size 9" x 6", 239 pages
Sitxty-three Saints of the Western Church from the First to the Twentieth Century
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Words of Hope
Words of Hope
Revelations of Our Lord to Saints: Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Genoa, Gertrude the Great and Margaret Mary Alacoque
edited by Craig Turner

Words of Hope recounts the words of Christ spoken to four great saints—Saint Gertrude the Great, Saint Catherine of Genoa, Saint Teresa of Avila, and Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque—who dared to receive the eternal message of Our Lord.

They lovingly and faithfully listened to His message, repeated through the centuries. It is a message of suffering, and yet it is overflowing with hope. Through the words these four holy souls received, we can see Christ’s message of peace and hope born out of suffering written anew.

Through these intimate words of Jesus and the example of the saints within these pages, the reader will be renewed and rejuve­nated with the hope and comfort of Christ in times of suffering.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 136 pages
Revelations of Our Lord to Saints: Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Genoa, Gertrude the Great and Margaret Mary Alacoque
$24.00
The 35 Doctors of the Church
The 35 Doctors of the Church
by Fr. Christopher Rengers OFMCap, Matthew E. Bunson, PhD

The 35 Doctors of the Church presents the most comprehensive and fascinating collection available anywhere on the lives and labors of the saints who have been declared the Church’s Doctors.

From St. Athanasius (c. 297–373) to St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897), you’ll find the amazing stories of 35 extraordinary men and women who are honored both for their holiness and for the eminence of their teachings about the Faith.

Their work and witness are truly timeless; their lives and wisdom show us how to be holy in our own lives, how to confront the challenges of today, and how to proclaim the Gospel to a modern world hungering for Jesus Christ.

St AthanasiusSt EphremSt Cyril of JerusalemSt Hilary of PoitiersSt Gregory NazianzenSt Basil the Great
St Ambrose of MilanSt JeromeSt John ChrysostomSt Augustine of HippoSt Cyril of AlexandriaPope St Leo the Great
St Peter ChrysologusPope St Gregory the GreatSt Isidore of SevilleSt Bede the VenerableSt John DamasceneSt Peter Damian
St AnselmSt Bernard of ClairvauxSt Hildegard of BingenSt Anthony of PaduaSt Albert the GreatSt Bonaventure
St Thomas AquinasSt Catherine of SienaSt John of AvilaSt Teresa of AvilaSt Peter CanisiusSt Robert Bellarmine
St John of the CrossSt Lawrence of BrindisiSt Francis de SalesSt Alphonsus LiguoriSt Therese of Lisieux

Originally published as The 33 Doctors of the Church by Fr. Christopher Rengers, O.F.M.Cap., the 35 Doctors of the Church has been updated by Matthew E. Bunson, PhD, to include two new chapters about recently proclaimed Doctors, St. John of Ávila and St. Hildegard of Bingen. The revised edition also includes a new introduction with a detailed explanation of how the Church proclaims Doctors and their meaning for today. 

Paperback, size 9" x 6", 730 pages
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Saint Teresa of Avila for Every Day
Saint Teresa of Avila for Every Day
Reflections from the Interior Castle
Edited by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD

This devotional book is made up of her sayings from Teresa's masterpiece The Interior Castle. It is the perfect pocket/purse sized gift book for those who have a devotion to St. Teresa and to Carmelite spirituality in general.

Paperback, 92 pages
Reflections from the Interior Castle
$18.00
St Teresa of Avila
St Teresa of Avila
St Teresa of Avila
Story Colouring Book 
by Mary Fabyan Windeatt

St. Teresa of Avila persuaded her brother to run off with her to Africa to become martyrs. The plan failed, but after a wordly youth, Teresa's life became one long quest to serve God better and better - as a Carmelite nun. Spirited and down to earth, St. Teresa once said, "May God deliver me from gloomy saints."

Paperback, 33 pages
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