St. Teresa of Avila: The Way of Perfection, Catholic Carmelite Book

Study Edition by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD

St. Teresa of Avila is an unsurpassed teacher of Christian prayer and spirituality, and in The Way of Perfection, St. Teresa gives practical counsels and advice on prayer, destined originally for the few nuns who embraced the reformed Carmelite life she extablished. As a handbook for spiritual formation, it presented them with the basic Christian spiirituality undergirding their Consititutions and Rule.
Over the centuries, the book's appeal has reached far beyond the walls of Carmelite monasteries, and The Way of Perfection has become a spiritual classic. More and more today, Teresa's instructions speak to all those interested in prayer, providing them with basic guidelines for praying and showing how to avoid potential pitfalls. But as the readership and interest grow, so does the need for some help in working with this sixteenth-century text.
The principles and teachings in Teresa's book, first presented within the limited horizons of her own situaltion, clearly lend themselves to broader applications, and can work well in all walks of life. This study edition-- with its introduction, commentary, notes, discussion questions, and glossary-- provides what is needed to assist contemporary readers in makeing these applications and delving more deeply into the text's spiritual riches.

ICS Publications, 2000, PB, 534 pages

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