Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and the Gospel-On Prayer

Fr. Thomas Dubay spends a number of months every year giving conferences and retreats to religious, particularly to contemplative Carmelites. This book is the fruit of many years of his study and experience in spiritual direction, and in it he synthesizes the teachings on prayer of the two great doctors of the Church on prayer--St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila--and the teaching of Sacred Scripture. But the writings of St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross, which Fr. Dubay has synthesized, are not only for contemplatives. These teachings are based on the Gospel imperative of personal prayer and the call to holiness and they are meant for every Christian. Here is an outstanding book on prayer and the spiritual life, written by one of the best spiritual directors and retreat masters of our time and based on the writings of two of the greatest mystical doctors of the Church.