Indaba eyimfihlakalo yesiphambano sikaSanta Teresa wase-Avila
UTeresa wayezinikele esemncane, kepha intshiseko yakhe yadamba ngesikhathi esakhula ngenxa yokuthakazeliswa kwakhe yizincwadi zothando zosuku lwakhe. Ngemuva kokugula kakhulu, noma kunjalo, ukuzinikela kwakhe kwavuselelwa ngenxa yethonya likamalume ozinikele. Waba nentshisekelo ngempilo yenkolo futhi wangena eCarmelite Convent of the Incarnation e-Avila ngonyaka we-1536.
Ngaphansi kukahulumeni okhululekile, izindela zalesi sigodlo zanikezwa amalungelo amaningi okuxhumana nabantu namanye amalungelo aphambene nomthetho wokuqala. Phakathi neminyaka eyi-17 yokuqala yempilo yakhe yezenkolo, uTherese wayefuna ukujabulela zombili izinjabulo zomkhuleko kanye nenjabulo yengxoxo yezwe. Ekugcineni, ngolunye usuku ngonyaka ka-1553, waba nakho lokho omunye umlobi akubiza ngokuthi "yinto ethusayo." USanta ulandisa ngesipiliyoni sakhe esahlukweni IX somlando wakhe: Kwenzeka ukuthi, ngolunye usuku ngingena endaweni yokubhala, ngabona isithombe sithengelwe idili elithile elaligcinwa endlini futhi elethwe lapho ukuze ligcinelwe leyo njongo. ukulimala kabi; futhi kwakulungele ukuzinikela kangangokuthi lapho ngimbheka ngathinteka ngokujulile ukumbona enje, ngakho-ke umuntu wayengacabanga ukuthi wahlupheka kanjani ngenxa yethu. Lwalulukhulu kakhulu usizi lwami lapho ngicabanga ukuthi ngangimkhokhele kabi kangakanani ngalawo manxeba engangizwa sengathi inhliziyo yami iyaqhekeka, ngabe sengiziphonsa eduze Kwakhe, ngacweba izinyembezi zemifula futhi ngamncenga ukuthi angiphe amandla kube kanye ukuze Ngangingeke ngisukume kusukela lapho kuze kube uyanginika engikucelile kuye. Futhi ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi lokhu kungenzele okuhle, ngoba kusukela kulowo mzuzu kuqhubeke ngaqala ukuthuthuka (ngomkhuleko nangobuhle).
USanta wathuthuka ngokushesha ngenxa yokulandela lolu phiko futhi kungekudala waqala ukujabulela imibono nokuthokoza. Ukuthola umoya okhululekile wesigodlo uphikisana nomoya womkhuleko abona ukuthi iNkosi yethu imisele lo Myalelo, waqala ukuguqula ukuxegisa kwakhe ngo-1562 ekhokhela ukushushiswa nobunzima obuningi. Umngani wakhe omuhle nomeluleki wakhe, uSt.John weSiphambano, wamsiza kulo mzamo futhi wanweba ushintsho nakuma-friars e-Order.
Ngaphansi kokuchazwa okuqinile komthetho, wafinyelela ezindaweni eziphakeme zemfihlakalo, wajabulela imibono engenakubalwa futhi wazibonela umusa ohlukile oyimfihlakalo. Kubonakala sengathi akukho lutho olwehlukile esimweni esiyimfihlakalo angakaze asibone, kepha uhlala engumfazi webhizinisi okhaliphile, umphathi, umbhali, umeluleki wezomoya kanye nomsunguli. Akukaze kube ngowesifazane onempilo, uSanta wabulawa yizinhlupheko zakhe eziningi ngomhlaka 4 Okthoba 1582 esigodlweni se-Alba de Tormes. Ekhethwe njengongenamkhethe ngo-1622, yena, kanye ne-Discalced Carmelite Order, wahlonishwa ngenkathi uPapa Paul VI efaka ngokusemthethweni igama lakhe ohlwini loDokotela beSonto. Ungowesifazane wokuqala ukujoyina leli qembu eliqavile.