A canonised box of her nearly 170 letters sent
to several of her spiritual directors and
her favorite Prioress, Mother Angelica
opening her soul for ghostly advice.

‘What a coward I am,’ she confesses,
too weak to deal with the struggles
God has sent her. Seeking mortification
‘without permission’ she looked for
A hairshirt, but affirms with a loving faith,
‘God draws back the curtain that hide him.’

Blessed by the light of His love,
she secretly took a vow of consecrated
virginity for Christ, the only one worthy of
her love and offers herself to Him as
‘the Bride of His Heart.’

She writes to her advisors that
she is willing to suffer the cost
of many tears for Him, and affirms
that suffering is a blessing and
promises that she would even undergo
surgery without chloroform to bring sinners
to Christ.

Mother Angelica counsels Teresa:
‘You were a Carmelite from birth.’