Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila – Doctor of the Church – Print of a 19th Century Hand-Tinted Engraving – Catholic Art Print – Archival Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):11x14 unframed wearing blue

wearing blue

but the light of love between Jesus

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These pictures were and are devotional art

The Holy Spirit is often depicted as a Dove

Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila – Doctor of the Church – Print of a 19th Century Hand-Tinted Engraving – Catholic Art Print – Archival Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):11x14 unframed wearing blueThe Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila (1515 1582) was a deeply religious experience she had that changed her life forever. It was an intense, deep communion with God. She described the experience in her autobiography as a beautiful angel stabbing her heart with a golden arrow. I want to quote the whole passage because, well, she is a Doctor of the Church, and the passage explains a lot about the spiritual life, but as well it tells a lot about the