Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila – Doctor of the Church – Print of a 19th Century Hand-Tinted Engraving – Catholic Art Print – Archival Seven Sorrows Devotion around the turn of the

around the turn of the century

Often there were stars in the images and she loved to speak of the spiritual life as green when growing so she placed trees in the painting

Accept censures even if unmerited

Part 1 - The Angel Gabriel

an imitation for the laity of the 150 psalms that religious recited every day

Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila – Doctor of the Church – Print of a 19th Century Hand-Tinted Engraving – Catholic Art Print – Archival Seven Sorrows Devotion around the turn of theThe Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila (1515 1582) was a deeply religious experience she had that changed her life forever. It was an intense, deep communion with God. She described the experience in her autobiography as a beautiful angel stabbing her heart with a golden arrow. I want to quote the whole passage because, well, she is a Doctor of the Church, and the passage explains a lot about the spiritual life, but as well it tells a lot about the