This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to deepen their prayer life and strengthen their relationship with God. Father Gabriel expertly delves into Saint Teresa's teachings, providing a valuable commentary on the Our Father and the various forms of Christian prayer. With quotations from Saint Teresa and Saint John of the Cross, this book offers profound insights into the spiritual journey and the transformative power of prayer. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced practitioner, this book will inspire and guide you on the path to a more intimate and fulfilling prayer life.

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This acclaimed commentary on Saint Teresa of Avila's classic work, Way of Perfection, discusses the various forms of Christian prayer, with an emphasis on Teresa's meditation on the Our Father. The author, a renowned expert on Carmelite spirituality, includes many quotations from Saint Teresa and Saint John of the Cross, which have been conformed to the most current authorized translations.Teresa of Avila reformed the Carmelite order in the sixteenth century. Seeing Teresa in deep prayer, her first companions asked her to teach them how to pray. The apostles made the same request of Jesus: "Teach us to pray." Jesus answered by teaching the Our Father. Teresa responded to her sisters by writing Way of Perfection, which contains an extended commentary upon the Lord's Prayer. As Jesus did in his Sermon on the Mount, Teresa, in her Way of Perfection, first teaches the necessary dispositions for prayer before teaching the different kinds of prayer.Named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI in 1970, Teresa united not only prayer and the apostolate, but contemplation and the apostolate, for contemplation is a particular kind of prayer that tends toward the most sublime intimacy with our Lord.

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