Mother Tessa Bielecki is the co-foundress of the Spiritual Life Institute, a modern Carmelite community with retreat centers in Colorado and Ireland. She is the author of "Holy Daring, Teresa of Avila: Ecstasy and Common Sense," and "Teresa of Avila: Mystical Writings."
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Is an intimate experience of the Divine meant only for saints and mystics? Tessa Bielecki says that the answer is an emphatic no. Mystical experience is as natural to us as breathing, she explains. It erupts spontaneously and graciously when we live on th... SEE MORE