Adventures in Prayer

Gathers together the author's reflections on the three mystical doctors of the Catholic Church: St Teresa of Avila ("Woman of Vision"), St John of the Cross ("Man of Fire") and St Therese of Lisieux ("Child of the Little Way"). These inter-related and inter-woven essays are the mature fruit of a lifetime, written in a poetic way. 'Searching and moving... combines the sensibility to language and feeling of a poet with an astonishing intellectual boldness... a wonderful and visionary account of orthodox Christianity.'- Rowan WilliamsOne of the most respected and adventurous of writers on the mystical traditions of Christianity, himself a Carmelite, Noel Dermot O'Donoghue has gathered together his definitive reflections on the three great mystical doctors of the Catholic Church: St Teresa of Avila, St John of the Cross and St Therese of Lisieux. These inter-related essays are the fruit of a lifetime, written in O'Donoghue's richly poetic way.