Minor Works of St. Teresa
Overview
Minor Works of St. Teresa contains:
- 36 poems
- 16 “Exclamations” or meditations of the soul
- St. Teresa’s seven-part Conception of the Love of God
- The Maxims of St. Teresa
- and much more!
Benedict Zimmerman provides an in-depth introduction, as well as summaries and notes for each section.
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This volume is also part of the Post-Reformation Catholic Thought and Piety collection.
- Offers a variety of writings by St. Teresa of Ávila
- Contains an in-depth introduction by Benedict Zimmerman
- Presents the wisdom of a modern Doctor of the Church
Top Highlights
“If we set a plant or a shrub and water it every day, it will grow so sturdy that we shall want a spade and a fork to tear it up. This appears to be the case with any fault, however small, that we commit daily, unless we amend it; though it is easy to uproot it when it has only grown for a day or even for ten days. We must pray to our Lord to grant us this amendment, for on our own account we can do little, except add to our sins instead of giving them up.” (Page 136)
“Remember you have but one soul; you will die but once; you have only one life, which is short, and which you must live on your own account; there is only one heaven, which lasts for ever,—this will make you indifferent to many things.” (Page 198)
“To ensure that persecutions and insults should bear good fruit and profit the soul, it is well to consider that they are done to God before they are done to me, for the blow aimed at me has already been aimed at His Majesty by sin.” (Page 200)
“On no account mention anything to your own credit, such as learning, good points or lineage, except with the hope of doing some good by it: then, speak humbly, remembering that such things are God’s gift.” (Page 192)
“Desire to see God; fear to lose Him; grieve to be so far from Him; rejoice to be brought near Him,—thus you will live in profound peace.” (Page 198)
- Title: Minor Works of St. Teresa
- Author: St. Teresa of Ávila
- Publisher: Thomas Baker
- Publication Date: 1913
- Pages: 278
- Christian Group: Catholic
- Resource Type: Topical
- Topic: Post-Reformation, Spirituality