Saint Teresa of Jesus
Benedict XVI, general audience of February 2, 2011 (vatican.va)
Teresa de Ahumada was born in Ávila, Spain, in 1515. She became a Carmelite nun, taught that prayer is a friendly conversation with God and founded seventeen convents. In 1970 she was the first woman proclaimed a Doctor of the Church. Benedict XVI, general audience of February 2, 2011 (vatican.va)
The story, in plain words
Teresa de Ahumada was born in Ávila, Spain, in 1515. Benedict XVI, general audience of February 2, 2011
As a girl she read the lives of the martyrs, and she told her parents that she wanted to see God. Benedict XVI, general audience of February 2, 2011
When she was 12, her mother died. Teresa asked the Virgin Mary to be her mother. Benedict XVI, general audience of February 2, 2011
At 20 she entered the Carmelite monastery of the Incarnation, in Ávila. As a nun she took the name Teresa of Jesus. Benedict XVI, general audience of February 2, 2011…
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- Teresa said that prayer is a friendly conversation with God. What would your prayer be like if you talked to God as a friend?
- Teresa struggled for many years with her weaknesses and did not give up. What helps you not to give up?
- For the child: “Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you,” Teresa wrote. What scares you that you want to leave in God’s hands?