Research Paper On Teresa Of Avila

“To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.”- Saint Teresa of Ávila. Teresa was a crucial member of society during the age of exploration, she wrote many literary masterpieces along with doing many religious and giving actions. She was always a very religious person and continued to be until death. Teresa of Ávila was a woman of god, she never put anything before him, she was always loyal to her prayer, and was a concentrated priest. In 1562 Teresa opened the first of the Carmelite Reform. Her reform was authorized by John Baptist Rossi in 1567. From that moment it set Teresa onto a path of founding Convents and established monasteries. Her founding all these convents started to expand the catholic religion
Teresa wrote many spiritual and inspiring things. Her spiritual writings took her great places, they were widely read throughout many places. These writings have helped generations and generations of ongoing believers pursue their catholic life. Teresa of Ávila was a major part of the many convents that came up through many places. Teresa of Ávila’s childhood/ early life , Teresa of Ávila was born on March 28,1515. Teresa’s parents names were Alonso Sánchez de Cepeda her father , and Beatriz de Ahumada y Cuevas her mother . Teresa also had a brother his name was Rodrigo. Teresa and her Brother had ran away from home because Teresa’s mother had wanted Teresa to become Christian. Teresa wanted to become a saint but her mother refused . Once Teresa and her brother ran away their uncle had found them mid way up the town walls . Teresa’s mother had died when she was at the age 11 . This meant that Teresa was the girl in the house . After the death of her mother , Teresa was struck with grief. This had led Teresa to a deeper devotion to the Virgin Mary as her spiritual mother. Teresa was sent to the Augustinian nuns at Ávila for her education. A few months later Teresa had became very ill, through this period of time Teresa had experienced many periods of religious ecstasy
Teresa had claimed that during her illness she rose from the lowest stage, "recollection", to the "devotions of silence" or even to the "devotions of ecstasy". During this final stage of her illness, she said that she had frequently experienced a rich "blessing of tears." As the Catholic distinction between mortal and venial sin became clear to her, she had said she came to understand the awful terror of sin and the inherent nature of original sin. She had also became conscious of her own natural impotence in confronting sin. Here are some of her illnesses .Bodily illnesses; headaches; chess; lacemakers; laceworkers; loss of parents; people in need of grace; people in religious orders; people ridiculed for their piety; Požega, Croatia; si .And the necessity of absolute subjection to God. Sooner or later Teresa became crazy She began to inflict various tortures and mortifications of the flesh upon herself. But her confessor, the Jesuit Saint Francis Borgia, reassured her of the divine inspiration of her thoughts. After this incident Teresa had believed that she was a sinner