First published 2023
Teresa grows up in sixteenth century Spain, where she feels called to religious life from an early age. She enters a Carmelite convent and begins her path toward God, but struggles with worldly distractions and spiritual dryness. As she matures in faith, Teresa experiences increasingly intense moments of religious ecstasy and mystical visions that transform her understanding of divine love. She must navigate the tension between her extraordinary spiritual gifts and the skeptical religious authorities of her time. Through prayer, contemplation, and surrender, Teresa discovers that true devotion requires both discipline and abandonment to God's will. Her journey reveals how a soul can move from ordinary faith to extraordinary mystical experience, showing that divine union is possible even amid human weakness and doubt.
Genres: christian, historical-fiction, religion, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: faith-journey, religious-authority
Setting: Spain
Period: 16th Century
436 pages · Paperback · Legare Street Press