THE BOOK OF HER LIFE (Libro de la vida) is the first work of the Carmelite reformer and our Holy Mother St. Teresa of Avila. THE BOOK OF HER LIFE, simply known as LIFE, is St. Teresa of Ávila's spiritual autobiography.
She finished writing this book in June 1562. In this book, St. Teresa writes an account of her life to enable her confessors to detect the meaning of her experienced visions to be sure that they came from God. But she related these visions and instructions she received from God much later in her life. This book also contains St. Teresa's writings on the four states of mental prayer. She describes the stages of prayer by using the analogy of watering a garden.
In THE BOOK OF HER LIFE St. Teresa repeatedly asserts that she writes not of her own will but at the command of her confessors. When she began to write this book she was nearly fifty years old and had been experiencing some mystical graces.
St. Teresa of Avila's books on spirituality is considered to be classics within the Catholic Church. In addition to these texts/books, she also wrote many inspiring letters.
St Teresa's superiors ordered her to document the remarkable events of her life and her original works still exist today.
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