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9 Sept 2024 --- A brief summary of ๐๐ญ. ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐'๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ผ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ & 4 Waters of prayer in connection with the Three Ages of the Spiritual Life, namely, the Purgative, Illuminative, and Unitive.
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L-ORDNI TEREลปJAN --- Intervista ma' Patri Juan De Bono ocd - 30 Jan 2021
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Santa Teresa de Avila en levitaciรณn - Ntra. Sra. del Carmen Centro Mexico City
THE THIRD SPIRITUAL ALPHABET by Francisco de Osuna (c. 1492-c. 1540) Spanish Franciscan and mystic, wrote a series of maxims as a practical guide for recollection. These were arranged into a series of Spiritual Alphabets, this being the third.
In the year 1527, a Spanish monk named Francisco de Osuna published a spiritual treasure called The Third Spiritual Alphabet. -- THIS BOOK, which is little known today, was partially responsible for the Golden Age of Spanish mysticism, which produced such saints as Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross. The book teaches a method of prayer called recogidos, which encourages the practice of recollection as a means of union with God. St. Teresa of Avila speaks of this book in her autobiography. She said it was given to her by her uncle when she was in her early 20’s, during a time when she was struggling with the spiritual life, and unsure if she should remain in the convent. She describes herself during this period of life as thinking “more about pleasures of sense and vanity than of my soul's profit.” It was the Third Spiritual Alphabet that changed her life. So impressed was she by the method of prayer, and the practical advice given in the book, that she “took it as her master”. She wrote “I was delighted with the book and determined to follow that way of prayer with all my might”. Within the space of only nine months, she began to experience passive and contemplative prayer, which detached her from creatures and filled her with a greater love of God. St. Teresa’s copy of The Third Spiritual Alphabet is preserved to this day in the Carmel of St. Joseph, in Avila .......
Francisco de Osuna (CWS)
https://books.google.com.mt/books?id=2EUCQbUkNXAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
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St. Teresa of Avila Prayer Material
IN THE HANDS OF GOD
I am Yours and born for You,
What do You want of me?
What do You want of me?
Majestic Sovereign, Unending wisdom,
Kindness pleasing to my soul;
God sublime, one Being Good,
Behold this one so vile.
Singing of her love to You:
What do You want of me?
Yours, You made me,
Yours, You saved me,
Yours, You endured me,
Yours, You called me,
Yours, You awaited me,
Yours, I did not stray.
What do You want of me?
Good Lord, what do You want of me?
What is this wretch to do?
What work is this,
This sinful slave to do?
Look at me, Sweet Love,
Sweet Love, look at me,
What do You want of me?
In Your hand I place my heart,
Body, life and soul,
Deep feelings and affections mine,
Spouse – Redeemer sweet,
Myself offered now to You,
What do You want of me?
Give me death, give me life,
Health or sickness,
Honour or shame,
War or swelling peace,
Weakness or full strength,
Yes, to these I say,
What do You want of me?
Give me wealth or want,
Delight or distress,
Happiness or gloominess,
Heaven or hell,
Sweet life, sun unveiled,
To You I give all.
What do You want of me?
Give me, if You will, prayer;
Or let me know dryness,
An abundance of devotion,
Or if not, then barrenness.
In You alone, Sovereign Majesty,
I find my peace,
What do You want of me?
Give me then wisdom.
Or for love, ignorance,
Years of abundance,
Or hunger and famine.
Darkness or sunlight,
Move me here or there:
What do You want of me?
If You want me to rest,
I desire it for love;
If to labour, I will die working:
Sweet Love say
Where, how and when.
What do You want of me?
Calvary or Tabor give me,
Desert or fruitful land;
As Job in suffering
Or John at Your breast;
Barren or fruited vine,
Whatever be Your will:
What do You want of me?
Be I Joseph chained
Or as Egypt’s governor,
David pained or exalted high,
Jonas drowned, or Jonas freed:
What do You want of me?
Silent or speaking,
Fruit bearing or barren,
My wounds shown by the Law,
Rejoicing in the tender Gospel;
Sorrowing or exulting.
You alone live in me:
What do You want of me?
Yours I am, for You I was born:
What do You want of me?
What do You want of me?
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St
Teresa Calendar
April
27 April 1567: Superior General
authorises Teresa to found other convents of the Reform
24 April 1614: Teresa is beatified by
Paul V
19 April 1582: Foundation of Burgos
11 April 1568: Foundation of Malagon
7 April 1574: Teresa's Book of her Life
is denounced to the Inquisition of Seville
6 April 1574: Foundation of Pastrana is
abandoned. Nuns move to Seville.
4 April 1515: Teresa is baptized
3 April 1582: First friars leave from
Lisbon for missions in the Congo
March
28 March 1515: Teresa de Cepeda de
Ahumada is born in Avila
26 March 1580: Teresa arrives in Toledo
seriously ill
19 March 1574: Foundation of Segovia
16 March 1576: Inquisitors from Seville
send their report on Teresa to the tribunal at Madrid
15 March 1563: Teresa moves to St
Joseph's, Avila
12 March 1622: Teresa is canonized by
Gregory XV
5 March 1581: Constitutions (Alcala) of
the nuns are approved
4 March 1581: Padre Gracian is elected
Provincial.
3 March 1581: Provincial Chapter at
Alcala opens
February
24 Feb 1575: Foundation of Beas de
Segura
21 Feb 1580: Foundation of Villanueva
de la jara
18 Feb 1567: Teresa meets Superior
General Juan Bautista Rubeo
16 Feb 1566; Early in this year, Fray
Alonso Maldonado visits St Joseph's, Avila
12 Feb 1575: Teresa's Book of Her Life
is confiscated by the Inquisition.
8 Feb 1583: The Way of Perfection is
published in Lisbon
7 Feb 1562: Foundation of St Joseph's,
Avila is approved by Rome.
3 Feb 1569: Valladolid nuns move to a
new house.
January
26 Jan 1582: Teresa arrives in Burgos
25 Jan 1571: Foundation of Alba de
Tormes
20 Jan 1546: Teresa's brother, Antonio
dies in America
20 Jan 1582: Foundation of Granada
16 Jan 1556: Philip II becomes King of
Spain
7 Jan 1566: PiusV is elected Pope
2 Jan 1581: Teresa leaves Avila for
Burgos
1 Jan1576: Foundation of Caravaca by
Ana de San Alberto
December
29 Dec 1580: Foundation of Palencia
28 Dec 1528: Teresa's mother, Donna
Beatriz Y Ahumada, dies at the end of this year
26 Dec 1581: Teresa's father, Don
Alonso de Sanchez de Cepeda, dies
25 Dec 1561: Terea goes to stay with
Donna Luisa de la Cerda in Toledo
24 Dec 1577: Teresa breaks her arm in a
fall
22 Dec 1565: Towards end of this year,
Teresa finishes the second version of The Book of Her Life
14 Dec 1591: John of the Cross dies at
Ubeda
13 Dec 1545: Opening of the Council of
Trent
8 Dec 1579: The Malagon community move
into a new house.
6 Dec 1562: Superior General Nicolas
Audet, dies
4 Dec 1563: Closing of the Council of
Trent
4 Dec 1577: Teresa pleads with Philip
II to intervene for the release of John of the Cross.
3 Dec 1577: John of the Cross is
abducted
November
29 Nov 1577: Teresa finishes The
Interior Castle
28 Nov 1568: Foundation of the friars
at Duruelo
28 Nov 1581: Last meeting of Teresa and
John of the Cross
18 Nov 1572: Teresa receives the grace
of spiritual marriage.
14 Nov 1576: Teresa completes first 27
chapters of The Foundations.
12 Nov 1567: During this year, Teresa
completes the second (Valladolid) version of the Way of Perfection.
5 Nov 1540: Teresa's brothers, Lorenzo,
Jeronimo and Pedro leave for America
3 Nov 1536: Teresa makes her profession
in the convent of the Incarnation, Avila
2 Nov 1536: Teresa receives the
Carmelite habit in the convent of the Incarnation
2 Nov 1535: Teresa enters the convent
of the Incarnation, Avila
1 Nov 1570: Foundation of Salamanca
October
21 Oct 1564: First profession of four
novices at St Joseph's, Avila
18 Oct 1562: St Peter of Alcantara dies
15 Oct - Start of the Centenary Year
14 Oct 1571: Teresa is appointed
Prioress of the Convent of the Incarnation, Avila
9 Oct 1578: Second Chapter at Almodovar
opens
6 Oct 1574: Teresa finishes her term as
Prioress of the Incarnation, Avila
4 Oct 1582: Teresa dies at Alba de
Tormes
NADA TE TURBE - LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU - TฤฆALLI XEJN IFIXKLEK --- ST TERESA OF AVILA - ST TERESA OF JESUS --- The effectiveness of patience through GOD
https://medjugorjemalta.blogspot.com/2014/08/nada-te-turbe-let-nothing-disturb-you.html
The Proper Gospel on the Feast:
Jn 15:1-8 -- "I am the vine, you are the branches - Jiena d-dielja, intom il-friegฤงi."
Evanฤกelju
ฤ w 15, 1-8
Qari mill-Evanฤกelju skont San ฤ wann
F’dak iลผ-ลผmien, ฤ esรน qal lid-dixxipli tiegฤงu: [ฤ w:15:1] "Jiena d-dielja vera u Missieri l-bidwi. [ฤ w:15:2] Kull fergฤงa fija li ma tagฤงmilx frott hu jneฤงฤงiha; u kull waฤงda li tagฤงmel il-frott jiลผborha u jnaddafha, biex tagฤงmel frott aktar. [ฤ w:15:3] Intom ฤกa ndaf minฤงabba l-kelma li gฤงedtilkom. [ฤ w:15:4] Ibqgฤงu fija, u jiena nibqa' fikom. Kif il-fergฤงa ma tistax tagฤงmel frott minnha nfisha jekk ma tibqax fid-dielja, hekk anqas intom jekk ma tibqgฤงux fija.
[ฤ w:15:5] Jiena d-dielja, intom il-friegฤงi. Min jibqa' fija u jiena fih, dan jagฤงmel ฤงafna frott; gฤงax mingฤงajri ma tistgฤงu tagฤงmlu xejn. [ฤ w:15:6] Jekk wieฤงed ma jibqax fija, jintrema barra bฤงal fergฤงa, u jinxef; mbagฤงad, jiฤกbruhom u jixฤงtuhom fin-nar u jinฤงarqu. [ฤ w:15:7] Jekk tibqgฤงu fija u kliemi jibqa' fikom, itolbu kull ma tridu, u dan ikun mogฤงti lilkom.. [ฤ w:15:8] B’dan jissebbaฤง Missieri, billi tagฤงmlu ฤงafna frott, u hekk tkunu dixxipli tiegฤงi”.
Il-Kelma tal-Mulej
R/. Tifฤงir lilek Kristu
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ฤ w 15, 1-8
Qari mill-Evanฤกelju skont San ฤ wann
F’dak iลผ-ลผmien, ฤ esรน qal lid-dixxipli tiegฤงu: [ฤ w:15:1] "Jiena d-dielja vera u Missieri l-bidwi. [ฤ w:15:2] Kull fergฤงa fija li ma tagฤงmilx frott hu jneฤงฤงiha; u kull waฤงda li tagฤงmel il-frott jiลผborha u jnaddafha, biex tagฤงmel frott aktar. [ฤ w:15:3] Intom ฤกa ndaf minฤงabba l-kelma li gฤงedtilkom. [ฤ w:15:4] Ibqgฤงu fija, u jiena nibqa' fikom. Kif il-fergฤงa ma tistax tagฤงmel frott minnha nfisha jekk ma tibqax fid-dielja, hekk anqas intom jekk ma tibqgฤงux fija.
[ฤ w:15:5] Jiena d-dielja, intom il-friegฤงi. Min jibqa' fija u jiena fih, dan jagฤงmel ฤงafna frott; gฤงax mingฤงajri ma tistgฤงu tagฤงmlu xejn. [ฤ w:15:6] Jekk wieฤงed ma jibqax fija, jintrema barra bฤงal fergฤงa, u jinxef; mbagฤงad, jiฤกbruhom u jixฤงtuhom fin-nar u jinฤงarqu. [ฤ w:15:7] Jekk tibqgฤงu fija u kliemi jibqa' fikom, itolbu kull ma tridu, u dan ikun mogฤงti lilkom.. [ฤ w:15:8] B’dan jissebbaฤง Missieri, billi tagฤงmlu ฤงafna frott, u hekk tkunu dixxipli tiegฤงi”.
Il-Kelma tal-Mulej
R/. Tifฤงir lilek Kristu
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St Teresa of Avila - St Teresa de Jesus --- Some Astonishing Moments
TERESA DE JESUS (TERESA OF AVILA) - English subtitles --- THE MOVIE IN SECTIONS
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEYDcemW6Gv_w6GCvVlhB9aRQk7R18SZR
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15 TA’ OTTUBRU
TIFKIRA TA' SANTA TEREลปA TA’ AVILA
Verฤกni u duttur tal-Knisja: 1515 – 1582
Santa Teresa twieldet f’Avila, Spanja, fit-28 ta’ Marzu, 1515, gฤงand familja sinjura. Telgฤงet ta’ natural ฤงelu u vivaฤi.
Meta kellha seba’ snin, hi u ฤงuha iลผgฤงar minnha, wara li qraw xi ฤงajjiet ta’ qaddisin martri, ฤกiethom f’moฤงฤงhom li jmorru gฤงall-Missjoni biex imutu martri, iลผda ma laฤงqux tbiegฤงdu wisq mid-dar meta ltaqgฤงu ma’ zijuhom u ฤงadhom lura gฤงand ommhom.
Meta kellha 12-il sena, ommha mietet. Tliet snin wara, oฤงta l-kbira li kienet tieฤงu ฤงsieb id-dar iลผลผewฤกet, u l-missier daฤงฤงal lil Tereลผa mas-sorijiet Agostinjani. Wara sena u nofs, mardet, u kellha tmur lura lejn id-dar. F’dawn is-snin kienet bierda ฤงafna fir-reliฤกjon. Imbagฤงad f’daqqa waฤงdafl-1535 iddeฤidiet li tidฤงol Soru mal-Karmelitani li kienu f’Avila. Missierha gฤงall-ewwel ma ridhiex, iลผda mbagฤงad ฤeda.
Sena wara li daฤงlet Soru, ipprofessat. Imbagฤงad ฤกie fuqha ลผmien twil ta’ mard, u ta’ nixfa fil-ฤงajja spiritwali.
Meta missierha kien marid, hi marret iddur bih. Il-mewt tiegฤงu ฤกabet bidla ฤกo fiha gฤงax marret tqerr gฤงand il-konfessur tiegฤงu u dan ordnalha terฤกa tibda titlob. Issa kienet qrib l-erbgฤงin.
Imbagฤงad beda jkollha esperjenzi spiritwali li nafu bihom gฤงax hi niลผลผlithom b’mod ฤar u b’sena l-iktar kbira f’kotba li llum huma meqjusa bฤงala klassiฤi spiritwali: l-”Awtobiografija”, ”Mixja tal-Perfezzjoni”, u ”Il-Kastell ฤ ewwieni”.
Fl-1560 ฤกieha l-ฤงsieb li tirriforma l-Ordni tagฤงha, u ฤกฤกedded l-awsterita’ u d-dixxiplina ta’ qabel, u fl-1562, bil-gฤงajnuna ta’ San Pietru ta’ Alkantara, minkejja bosta taฤงbit u tfixkil, rat l-ewwel erba’ Sorijiet Karmelitani Skalzi jilbsu l-libsa l-ฤกdida fil-Monasteru l-ฤกdid ta’ San Jose’, f’Avila. Sitt xhur wara, meta ฤกieha l-permess, marret tgฤงix magฤงhom. Xahar wara, ฤกiet magฤงลผula biex tkun is-Superjura.
Wara xi snin ta’ ฤงajja kwieta, bdiet tiftaฤง kunventi oฤงra mxerrdin ma’ Spanja. Fl-1568 bil-gฤงajnuna ta’ San ฤ wann tas-Salib waqqfet l-ewwel monasteru tal-Patrijiet. B’kollox hi fetฤงet 17-il kunvent tas-Sorijiet u 15 tal-Patrijiet.
Fl-aฤงฤงar vjaฤกฤก tagฤงha fl-1582, wara li fetฤงet monasteru f’Burgos, telqet lejn Alba de Tormes. Meta waslet fl-20 ta’ Settembru, kienet gฤงajjiena ฤงafna u marida, inxteฤงtet fis-sodda, u mietet ftit ฤกranet wara, fl-4 ta’ Ottubru.
Fl-1622, il-Papa Girgor XV ikkanonizzaha, u fl-1970, il-Papa Pawlu VI ipproklamaha Duttur tal-Knisja flimkien ma’ S. Katerina ta’ Siena.
ฤฆsieb
”Meta titqarben agฤงlaq l-gฤงajnejn tal-ฤกisem tiegฤงek u iftaฤง l-gฤงajnejn ta’ ruฤงek. Imbagฤงad ara u edha b’ฤ esรน fiฤ-ฤentru ta’ qalbek.” (Santa Tereลผa ta’ Avila)
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St. Teresa of Avila
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TERESA DE JESUS (TERESA OF AVILA)
- English subtitles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNBgLeqw6lxe_51ysMXFjR54sQf9LCl6j -
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The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
of The Order of Our Lady of Carmel
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