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OTHER CARMELITE SAINTS AND THEMES
God is Love Saint Teresa Margaret: Her Life
By Margaret Rowe. St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart was born into a large
devout family in Arezzo, Italy in 1747. From the earliest days of
her childhood, Anna Maria was filled with a deep love of God,
questioning the adults around her as to "Who is God"? Already
she was dissatisfied with answers given her. Only the contemplative life of a Carmelite nun could begin to quench her thirst
to know and give herself completely to God. Her entire life was
driven by the desire to "return love for love." She entered the
Carmelite convent in Florence at the age of seventeen,
advanced rapidly in holiness, and died an extraordinary death
at twenty-two. Her spiritual director reflecting on her death
remarked, "She could not have lived very much longer, so great
was the strength of the love of God in her."
ISBN 0-935216-33-2
ICS Code: G
276 pages, paper, $12.95.
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The cornerstone of St. Teresa Margaret's spirituality was to
remain hidden, to appear just like everyone else in spite of her
heroic virtue. To our loss, she has remained very much hidden
even after her death. Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen commented, "This is an odd fact, for we do not hesitate to rank her
among the primary figures who represent the glory of
Carmel among Teresa of Jesus, John of the Cross, and
Thérèse of the Child Jesus."
Though St. Teresa Margaret led a life of exquisite holiness
and purity, it was also a life that is wholly imitable. In her were
combined Martha and Mary as she served her community as
infirmarian while reaching the heights of contemplation. No one
will come away from the pages of this book without his or her
own spirit being renewed and reinvigorated.
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