Ibali eliyimfihlakalo leMnqamlezo likaSanta Teresa waseAvila
UTeresa wayezinikele njengomntwana, kodwa ubushushu bakhe buthathaka ngexesha lokufikisa kwakhe ngenxa yokuthanda uncwadi lothando lwemihla yakhe. Emva kokugula kakhulu, nangona kunjalo, ukuzinikela kwakhe kwavuselelwa ngenxa yempembelelo yomalume ohlonelwayo. Waba nomdla kubomi benkolo kwaye wangena kwiCarmelite Convent ye-Incarnation e-Avila ngonyaka we-1536.
Phantsi korhulumente okhululekile, oonongendi beli khaya banikwa amalungelo amaninzi kunye namanye amalungelo ngokuchasene nomgaqo wokuqala. Ngexesha leminyaka eli-17 yokuqala yobomi bakhe benkolo, uTherese wayefuna ukonwabela zombini iziyolo zomthandazo kunye nolonwabo lwencoko yehlabathi. Ekugqibeleni, ngenye imini ngonyaka we-1553, wafumana into eyabizwa ngumnye umbhali "njengamava othusayo." Ingcwele ibalisa ngamava ayo kwisahluko IX sobomi bayo: Kwenzeka ukuba, ngenye imini ndingena kwi-oratory, ndabona umfanekiso uthengelwe umthendeleko othile owawugcinwe endlwini kwaye waziswa apho ukuze ugcinelwe loo njongo. wenzakele; kwaye wayekulungele ukuzinikela kangangokuba ndathi xa ndimjongile ndachukumiseka ngokunzulu ukumbona enje, kulungile ke umntu unokucinga ukuba usokola ntoni ngenxa yethu. Bukhulu kakhulu ubunzima endandinabo xa ndandicinga indlela endimbuyisele ngayo kakubi ngala manxeba ndandiziva ingathi intliziyo yam iyaqhekeka, ndaza ndaziphosa ecaleni kwakhe, ndiphalaza iinyembezi ndaza ndacela ukuba andiphe amandla kube kanye. andizukuvuka apho de andinike into endiyicelileyo kuye. Kwaye ndiqinisekile ukuba oku kundenzele okuhle, kuba ukusukela ngalaa mzuzu ndaye ndaqala ukuphucula (emthandazweni nasekulungeni).
INgcwele yaqhubela phambili ngokukhawuleza ngenxa yokulandela la mava kwaye kungekudala yaqala ukonwabela imibono kunye nolonwabo. Ukufumana imeko yokonwaba yomzi woonongendi ngokuchasene nomoya wokuthandazela awayecinga ukuba iNkosi yethu imisele uMyalelo, waqala ukuguqula ukungakhathali kwakhe ngo-1562 ngexabiso lentshutshiso kunye nobunzima. Umhlobo wakhe olungileyo kunye nomcebisi, uSt.John woMnqamlezo, wamnceda kulo mzamo kwaye wongeza uhlengahlengiso nakwifriya yoMyalelo.
Ngaphantsi kokuchazwa ngokungqongqo komthetho, wafikelela kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ze-mysticism, wayenandipha imibono engenakubalwa kunye namava ahlukeneyo. Kubonakala ngathi akukho nto ithe yenzeka kwimeko eyimfihlakalo angakhange ayibone, ukanti uhlala engumfazi oshishino onobuqili, umlawuli, umbhali, umcebisi kwezomoya kunye nomseki. Akuzange kubekho mfazi usempilweni, uSanta wasweleka ngenxa yeengxaki zakhe ezininzi nge-4 ka-Okthobha u-1582 kwikhaya loonongendi laseAlba de Tormes. U-Canonized ngo-1622, yena, kunye ne-Order of Discalced Carmelites, wahlonishwa xa uPapa Paul VI wongeza ngokusemthethweni igama lakhe kwiluhlu loogqirha beCawa. Ungumfazi wokuqala ukujoyina eli qela lahlukileyo.