title: Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and the Gospel-On Prayer
author: Thomas DuBay
description: "This book is a gold mine for any Christian intent on making progress in prayer. Any reader who appreciates the relevance of the spiritual in these troubled times will find <i>Fire Within</i> difficult to put down. A work of art by a master of the spiritual life." --<strong>-- Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R.</strong>
zlib_text: FIRE WITHIN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THOMAS DUBAY, S.M.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # FIRE WITHIN
  
  
  St. Teresa of Avila,  
  St. John of the Cross,  
  and the Gospel—on Prayer
  
  
  IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover art by Brother Claude Lane, O.S.B.
  
  
  Cover design by Roxanne Mei Lum
  
  
  With, ecclesiastical approval  
  © 1989 Ignatius Press, San Francisco  
  All rights reserved
  
  
  ISBN 978-0-89870-263-7  
  ISBN 0-89870-263-1  
  Library of Congress catalogue number 89-83633  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  [Acknowledgments](index_split_005.html#filepos3654)
  
  
  [1 A Question of Relevance](index_split_006.html#filepos6464)
  
  
  [2 The Woman and the Man](index_split_008.html#filepos41924)
  
  
  [3 The Experience of God](index_split_010.html#filepos124258)
  
  
  [4 Creation and Meditation](index_split_012.html#filepos151513)
  
  
  [5 What Is Contemplation?](index_split_014.html#filepos173717)
  
  
  [6 The Teresian Mansions](index_split_016.html#filepos217361)
  
  
  [7 Conditions for Growth: St. Teresa](index_split_