Download or read book Sister Teresa written by Bárbara Mujica and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This brilliant fictional biography of Saint Teresa of Ávila breathes new life into a sacred subject” (Booklist). She is Saint Teresa—known as a mystic, reformer, and founder of convents, and the author of numerous texts that introduced her radical religious ideas and practices to a society suffering through the repressive throes of the Spanish Inquisition. In Bárbara Mujica’s masterful tale, her story—her days of youthful romance, her sensual fits of spiritual rapture, secret heritage as a Jewish convert to Catholicism, cloak-and-dagger political dealings, struggles against sexual blackmail, and mysterious illness—unfolds with a tumultuous urgency. Blending fact with fiction in vivid detail, painstakingly researched and beautifully rendered, Mujica’s tale conjures a brilliant picture of sisterhood, faith, the terror of religious persecution, the miracle of salvation, and of one woman’s challenge to the power of strict orthodoxy, a challenge that consisted of a crime of passion—her own personal relationship with God. “This engaging novel depicts Teresa of Ávila as an extraordinary woman whose visions, church reform ideas and writing may well have been inspired by God . . . Surprisingly light and entertaining.” —Publishers Weekly “A lifelong friend remembers Teresa of Ávila, ‘Spain’s most beloved saint,’ in this richly entertaining historical novel from Mujica . . . An earthy, humanizing portrait.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Mujica brings this tumultuous time in history to vivid life. A very interesting and compelling novel which focuses more on Teresa’s entire life rather than simply her religion.” —Historical Novel Society

Download or read book Dear Sister Teresa written by Amy Heebner and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fictional screenplay was inspired by the life and writings of Saint Teresa of Avila, the great teacher, writer and mystic who lived in Spain during the 16th Century. There is no historical record of an earthly marriage in Teresas life. Historical record documents an intense correspondence between Teresa and another monastic, St. John of the Cross, but there is no record of any courtship or sexual relationship between them. Thus, the love story in this script is fiction, a speculation about what might have happened if her circumstances had differed from historical record.

Download or read book Who Was Mother Teresa written by Jim Gigliotti and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and chose the name Sister Teresa, after the patron saint of missionaries. While teaching in India, where famine and violence had devastated the poor, Teresa shed her habit and walked the streets of Calcutta tending to the needs of the destitute. Her charity work soon expanded internationally, and her name remains synonymous with compassion and devotion to the poor.

Download or read book Sister Teresa written by Barbara Mujica and published by . This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending fact with fiction, Mujica's tale conjures a picture of sisterhood, faith, the terror of religious persecution, the miracle of salvation, and one woman's challenge to the power of strict orthodoxy, a challenge that consisted of a crime of passion - her own personal relationship with God."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book My Sisters the Saints written by Colleen Carroll Campbell and published by Image. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant and powerful spiritual memoir about how the lives of the saints changed the life of a modern woman. In My Sisters the Saints, author Colleen Carroll Campbell blends her personal narrative of spiritual seeking, trials, stumbles, and breakthroughs with the stories of six women saints who profoundly changed her life: Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Faustina of Poland, Edith Stein of Germany, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Mary of Nazareth. Drawing upon the rich writings and examples of these extraordinary women, the author reveals Christianity's liberating power for women and the relevance of the saints to the lives of contemporary Christians.

Download or read book Mother Teresa written by Gezim Alpion and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother Teresa was one of the most written about and publicised women in modern times. Apart from Pope John Paul II, she was arguably the most advertised religious celebrity in the last quarter of the twentieth century. During her lifetime as well as posthumously, Mother Teresa continues to generate a huge level of interest and heated debate. Gëzim Alpion explores the significance of Mother Teresa to the mass media, to celebrity culture, to the Church and to various political groups. A section explores the ways different vested interests have sought to appropriate her after her death, and also examines Mother Teresa's own attitude to her childhood and to the Balkan conflicts in the 1980s and 1990s. This book sheds a new and fascinating light upon this remarkable and influential woman, which will intrigue followers of Mother Teresa and those who study the vagaries of stardom and celebrity culture.

Download or read book Mother Teresa Come Be My Light written by Mother Teresa and published by Image. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic work reveals the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important religious figures in history--Mother Teresa. During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions; her extraordinary contributions to the care of the sick, the dying, and thousands of others nobody else was prepared to look after has been recognized and acclaimed throughout the world. Little is known, however, about her own spiritual heights or her struggles. This collection of her writing and reflections, almost all of which have never been made public before, sheds light on Mother Teresa's interior life in a way that reveals the depth and intensity of her holiness for the first time. Compiled and presented by Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C., who knew Mother Teresa for twenty years and is the postulator for her cause for sainthood and director of the Mother Teresa Center, Mother Teresa brings together letters she wrote to her spiritual advisors over decades. A moving chronicle of her spiritual journey—including moments, indeed years, of utter desolation—these letters reveal the secrets she shared only with her closest confidants. She emerges as a classic mystic whose inner life burned with the fire of charity and whose heart was tested and purified by an intense trial of faith, a true dark night of the soul. "If I ever become a Saint-- I will surely be one of "darkness." I will continually be absent from Heaven-- to light the light of those in darkness on earth." --Mother Teresa

Download or read book Mother Teresa written by Amy Ruth and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the nun who founded the order known as the Missionaries of Charity to work with the sick and destitute in Calcutta and other places and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Download or read book Journey of Hope Authorized by Mother Teresa written by Ana Ganza and published by Ana Ganza. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all started with a poem that I sent to Mother Teresa when she was still with us. The poem was called 'The Nun I Love". She responded with a letter thanking me for the poem and, inviting me to come work with her and the Sisters of Charity in Calcutta, India. I could not resist answering her invitation and gladly accepted. Over 300 pages with 100+ quotes and pictures from Ana's journey to Calcutta.

Download or read book Nun Plussed written by Monica Quill and published by Worldwide Library. This book was released on 1995 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nun Plussed by Monica Quill released on Oct 25, 1995 is available now for purchase.

Download or read book Mother Teresa and Me written by Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brush with fame blossomed into something far more spiritual, much longer lasting -- and infinitely more beautiful... Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle will never forget the first time she laid eyes on Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Hunched, frail, shorter than one of Donna's own children, the aging servant of the poorest of the poor cut an unassuming figure awaiting the start of Mass with Her Missionary of Charity sisters. They would speak briefly after the liturgy and then spend the next ten years intermittently sharing hopes, dreams, and prayers through the mail and in face-to-face conversations. With Mother Teresa and Me, Donna-Marie invites you to step inside her deeply personal experiences with one of the greatest souls of modern times. Take her up on the offer and don't be surprised if you, too, find your heart blessed and your soul inspired by the diminutive nun who left an enormous impression on Donna-Marie -- and on the whole world.

Download or read book Mother Teresa written by Murzaku, Ines Angeli and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Mother Teresa that pays close attention to how her childhood in Albania affected her spiritual and pastoral development.

Download or read book Mother Teresa written by Elaine Murray Stone and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating biography covers her childhood, her early years as a Sister of Loreto, her later call to love Jesus in the guise of the lowliest by being poor with the poor, her new order, and her growing fame. The book also covers her illness, death, funeral, the new leadership of her order, and her probable canonization.

Download or read book Mother Teresa written by Gëzim Alpion and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personality of Mother Teresa's calibre and global reach does not come about by chance. To provide a well-rounded portrait of this influential figure, this book approaches her in the context of her familial background and ethnic, cultural and spiritual milieus. Her life and work are explored in the light of newly-discovered information about her family, the Albanian nation's spiritual tradition before and after the advent of Christianity, and the impact of the Vatican and other influential powers on her people since the early Middle Ages. Focusing on her traumas, ordeals and achievements as a private individual and a public missionary, and her complex spirituality, this book contends that Mother Teresa's life and her nation's history, especially her countrymen's relationship with Roman Catholicism, are interconnected. Unravelling this interconnectedness is essential to understanding how this modern spiritual and humanitarian icon has come to epitomise her ancient nation's cultural and spiritual DNA.

Download or read book Mother Teresa written by Anne Marie Sullivan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by a love of God and a desire to help make life better for the poor and the sick, Mother Teresa worked for her entire life to change the world for the better. She founded a Catholic charity that works to help children and the poor in more than 130 countries. In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work to help and care for others. Today, Mother Teresa is remembered for the change she brought to the lives of people around the world. Learn the story of one of the world's most important religious and charity activists in Mother Teresa: Religious Humanitarian.

Download or read book Mother Teresa written by Christie R. Ritter and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines the remarkable life of John D. Rockefeller. Readers will learn about Rockefeller's family background, childhood, education, groundbreaking work in the American oil industry, and legacy of philanthropy. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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