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New poems, translations, interviews, and book reviews in a yearly literary journal for Catholic Poetry.

A journal of Catholic poetry and book reviews for a general readership.

The Secret Life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, her heart, her soul, her poems and prayers, in this new book "Teresa of Calcutta - The novel of a Soul" by Maria Amata Di Lorenzo, available in English, Spanish and Italian. THIS BOOK Mother Teresa of Calcutta was one of the most loved figures of the twentieth century, the founder of a congregation whose mission was to serve the poorest of the poor, a congregation started in 1950 in Calcutta, where the bleakest poverty exists and where the poorest died - and still risk dying - helpless in the streets. The endless outpouring of books, essays, articles and biographies is evidence of the fascination this saint continues to exert, twenty years after her death. Her death in 1997 was mourned all over the world. Pope Francis has chosen to canonise her at the culmination of the Jubilee year, and this is no coincidence. Who better than her to represent the Holy Father's merciful tenderness? Who better to remember today - blind and short-lived wayfarers as we are, in search of water to quench our thirst, we disillusioned ones, believing in nothing, yet with a wounded longing, faceless and nameless, in our hearts? Mother Teresa left us at the dusk of the old millennium, but her testimony continues to be a living message of hope for the new millennium which advances, among atrocities and flashes of beauty, desperate acts and outbursts of love. This book tells her tale in secret turns and unusual ways. "There are almost two hundred pages to this book, but one leads to the next and before you know it you've finished and want to read it again. Magnificent, moving, intense, the most beautiful book about Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and I've read them all. What does this book have over the others? Well, first of all, it is written with poetry, in a warm, refined, elegant style. The subject is treated with great attention to detail. It is clear that the author has done extensive research, and she also makes profound reflections. The result is a wonderful portrait of Mother Teresa, reading that is good for the soul, absolutely a worthy book to be recommended!" (Pietro, verified Amazon customer)

St. Teresa of Ávila was, above all, a woman who searched for an encounter with God, and her search was not in vain. Once she encountered God, she wanted nothing more than to put him at the center of her life and proclaim his greatness. Teresa's objective in writing was to teach her nuns the way of prayer utilizing her own systematized experience. As a woman writer, Teresa had to confront misogynistic forces by unmasking them down to their very roots. As a skilled teacher of the spiritual life, Teresa knew how to spot inner resistances and movements to listen to and follow God's call. At the same time, she considered the inner dynamics that generate the process of relationship with God, making her writing a sixteenth-century treatment of psychology. In her feminine humanity, Teresa supports a relational perspective. Teresa of Jesus: Woman, Prophet, Mystic considers how relationships can act as a point of encounter and dialogue between the spiritual life and psychology. In the first part, Sister María Rosaura reveals St. Teresa's feminine humanity by studying her life within her sixteenth-century historical context. The second part turns to Teresa's masterwork, The Interior Castle, and analyzes the union between the soul and God from Teresa's feminine relational perspective established in the first part. By drawing close to Teresa's life, this book enables readers to drink from a spiritual fount that always yields fresh water.

The relationship of St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross to their brothers and sisters in the Carmelite Order and the impact these two mystics had upon the Order has been largely ignored. This current work, by noted Carmelite historian, Fr. Pablo Maria Garrido, is a significant contribution towards bridging that gap. The book explores the testimony of various members of the Carmelite Order in which both saints began their religious life and under whose obedience they both died.

"Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals" by Maria Mitchell. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.