Episode 175: Teresa of Avila

Victoria Reynolds Farmer, Christina Bieber Lake, and Marie Hause talk about Teresa of Avila. Knowing Why this episode and a bio of St. Teresa Our experience with her work Reading Interior Castle Metaphors for the soul Medieval worldview Some tricky bits of the text Let nothing disturb you How the prayer frames our relationship to God Other prayers central to our religious practice Autobiography Praying for physical illness Summing up the connection between the bodily and the spiritual Passing On Christina: Thomas Traherne, Centuries Marie: https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/breath-prayers-for-anxious-times Victoria: "The liturgy is of comfort to the disarrayed mind. We need not choose our thoughts, the words are aligned, like a rope for us to cling to." - Sister Monica Joan, Call the Midwife