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Fire Within:

St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel-On Prayer
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Ignatius Press, 1989 - Religion - 358 pages
An outstanding book on prayer and the spiritual life written by one of the best spiritual directors of our time. Dubay synthesizes the teachings on prayer of the two great Doctors of the Church--St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila--and the teaching of Sacred Scripture.
  

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Contents

A Question of Relevance
1
The Woman and the Man
13
The Experience of God
39
Creation and Meditation
49
What Is Contemplation?
57
The Teresian Mansions
73
Conditions for Growth St Teresa
111
The Freedom of Detachment
131
The Universal Call
199
Miscellaneous Matters
217
Discerning Growth
235
Locutions and Visions
243
Friendship
271
Spiritual Direction
289
Liberating Completion
305
Notes
313

Fire in the Nights
159
The Transforming Summit
175
Index
345
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About the author (1989)

Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M., is a retreat master and spiritual director for religious communities around the contry, as well as a highly regarded speaker at conferences and retreats for lay poeple in North America. He has hosted five different 13-part television series on the topics of spirituality and prayer, and is the best-selling author of such acclaimed spiritual works as Fire Within, Prayer Primer and Happy Are You Poor.

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TitleFire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel-On Prayer
AuthorThomas DuBay
PublisherIgnatius Press, 1989
ISBN0898702631, 9780898702637
Length358 pages
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Religion / Christian Life / General
Religion / Christian Life / Prayer
Religion / Christianity / Catholic
Religion / Christianity / History
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