PRAYING IS FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD: ACCORDING TO ST. TERESA OF AVILA

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The Church acclaims Teresa as one of the leading teachers of prayer. Since the 16th century, saints and learned people have accepted her as one of the greatest of mystics and an eminent teacher who has written precious volumes on prayer. 'Through her writings' says Pope Paul the sixth 'she has given the essential message of prayer to the Church'. Through her simple style she explains lucidly and emphatically the practical nature of prayer as almost comprising the whole synthesis of Christian living. The Christian perfection in its growth has its source in and through the dynamism of prayer. Teresa's doctrine on mental prayer is an exhaustive blend of virtues, asceticism, grace and experience. In fact her pedagogy of prayer is appealing, fascinating and persuasive to anyone who wants to learn prayer and has God-experience. According to her, the way of prayer is the means and goal of Christian living because it is in and through prayer that we are united and transformed into God; that is, participation in the mystery of Christ and communion with the Trinity.