The Way of Perfection

by Saint Teresa of Avila

ISBN13: 9780895556028

ISBN10: 0895556022

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 1997-12-01

Publisher(s): Saint Benedict Pr

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Summary

A famous classic that teaches a simple form of mental prayer by which to attain great spiritual progress in a short time. Explains the Our Father phrase by phrase, plus much more! Says God rewards our efforts far beyond what we deserve!

Author Biography

Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) is one of the world's most beloved mystics

Why I founded this convent and established such strict rules	p. 1
Why we should ignore the body's necessities and the good that comes from poverty	p. 5
The three things that are important for the spiritual life. Appeal to love one's neighbor and a warning about the harm done by individual friendships	p. 10
On Perfect Love	p. 16
On Spiritual Love and some advice on how to achieve it	p. 21
On the benefits of detachment from all earthly things	p. 27
Why we must avoid our families and how we can find our true spiritual friends	p. 30
How to attain the virtue of self-detachment and humility	p. 33
On self-sacrifice and how to attain it even in times of sickness	p. 37
Why the true lover of God must not care about life and honor	p. 40
How true wisdom can be attained by sacrifice and renunciation of the world's standards of wisdom	p. 45
Why we should not bear witness to any spirit that is not God's spirit	p. 50
Why we are not exempt from unjust accusations and the gains such accusations bring	p. 52
On the difference between perfect contemplation and mental prayer	p. 56
Why all people are not destined to be contemplatives and the long road to contemplation	p. 63
Why the trials of contemplatives are greater than those of others	p. 68
On prayer	p. 73
Why we always have consolation on the road of prayer	p. 83
Why it is so important to have great determination in the practice of prayer	p. 88
On mental prayer	p. 94
Why it is important to continue along the road of prayer and not turn back	p. 99
On vocal prayer	p. 103
On the great blessings of practicing vocal prayer perfectly	p. 107
On the great blessings of the practice of vocal prayer	p. 110
On the first words of the Paternoster and God's great love	p. 116
On the Prayer of Recollection and the ways we can make it a habit	p. 120
On the Prayer of Recollection	p. 127
Examines the words in the Paternoster: "Hallowed be Your Name, Your Kingdom come"	p. 132
On the Prayer of Quiet	p. 137
Examines the words of the Paternoster: "Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven"	p. 146
Examines the words of the Paternoster: "Give us this day our daily bread"	p. 153
Examines the words of the Paternoster: "Gives us this day our daily bread," and why these words are perfect for reading after the reception of the Most Holy Sacrament	p. 157
On the recollection that we should practice after Communion	p. 165
Examines the words of the Paternoster: "Forgive us our debts"	p. 168
On the excellence of the Paternoster	p. 175
Examines the words of the Paternoster: "Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil"	p. 178
Advice on different temptations and how we may be freed from them	p. 183
Why we should always walk in God's love to avoid temptations	p. 186
On the fear of God and why we must avoid venial sins	p. 190
Examines the last words of the Paternoster: "Deliver us from evil"	p. 195
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