St. Teresa of Avila Comments
Less than twenty years before Teresa was born in 1515, Columbus opened up the Western Hemisphere to European colonization. Two years after she was born, Luther started the Protestant Reformation. Out of all of this change came Teresa pointing the way from outer turmoil to inner peace. Teresa's father was rigidly honest and pious, but he may have carried his strictness to extremes. Teresa's mother loved romance novels but because her husband ... Continue Reading
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To the girls who chose Theresa for their confirmation name:
Good on you! My mother was named after St. Theresa of Avila, was proud of it all the days of her life and, in many ways, was like St. Theresa. The world could use a few more like her and I think you young women just might fill the bill.
Teresa is going to be my Confirmation name and i have to write an essay on her and this really helped me. thanks ! (:
that good information
i think she is an amazing saint. I am choosing her for my confirmation saint. I like her because she had a lot of trouble following God when she was younger, but then learned to put god first. plus i love reading and her symbol is a book. and i get lots of headaches, so maybe she can help me :)
i think that st.teresa of avila is a great saint, i hope that i will emulate her in my life in some good way for the greater glory of god. i feel really sorry for all my sins and i hope god will forgive me for my sins and ignorance, i will pray to st. teresa so that god's plan for me will be fulfilled in my life.............and i may not be worried about the future or past. by the way, i am 24 and i still did not get my confirmation....i am praying to st.teresa of avila that i may get a confirmation as soon as possible and that my confirmation name will be st. teresa for sure.
She is a great woman because she helps and work for God!
I think shes gonna b my confirmation saint!! she was such a good and holy person, and she was friends with St. John of the Cross!! isnt that cool??
this website is such a big help i had to write a saint report to make my Confirmation and i had to read the report out loud to everyone's parents in my class. I didnt know who to write about or what to say about one of the saints when i found out that i wanted to do Saint Teresa this website gave me all the answers of the questions that i had to answer within my report. Thanks :):)<3333
St. Teresa is a great role modle. i believe everybodyh should look up at her. Ps this website helped a LOT on finding information about this Saint NOOOOO LIE
I just found my saint ~!
I choose saint Teresa of avila for my school project. I love her so much I have the book of her. My school saint is saint Julie. I can't believe saint Teresa of avila didn't follow god at first but then she did. I guess I have nothing to say again so I guess that's the end.
This is a person who captures the true essence of what the pure and seeking soul feels like. I am a 58 yr. old woman who spent 14 yrs. in state prison for dui manslaughter. It was an accident. I spent years seeking knowledge of myself and what was truth. This Saint examines the soul. Love is the lesson. Thank you for this particular site.
I was recommended to read about St.teresa of Avila many years ago by a priest. I did and recently decided to look her up again. I am so glad I did I really resonate with her comments and some experiences. I will read some more now, thank you for your site, if it wasnt there i probably would have put off trying to find some more material. Kind Regards mary
I chose St. Teresa as my secand middle name. EVERBODY should pray no matter how sick you are or where you are. Remeber god always loves you.
this is my confirmation saint as of now(: im soo happy whoever put this up here did! thank youu(: i love saint Teresa and cant wait for it to be my confirmation name(:
A very moving tribute. I changed my religion a few years ago, and i had chosen St Theresa of Avila, as i really liked the name. It is only now, after reading this article, that i now know why. My life is so like hers, it is very uncanny. For every good deed that I do, someone always comes around to give me a knock. It has made me a more dtermined person though in what I do. I think it was my calling to choose St Theresa of Avila, to help me with my own determination in life. Thank you St Theresa
please pray for me I get many daily headaches and have suffered for quite a while St. Teresa please watch over me and my family ..thank you
You certainly deserve a round of applause for your post and more specifically, your blog in general. Very high quality material
thanks for helping me pick my confirmation name!
what was she known for?