When she had a vision of "the sorely wounded Christ" it changed her life forever. She began to have of increasingly ecstatic experiences in which she came to focus more and more sharply on Christ's passion. Using these visions as a guide she began her attempt to master herself and her adherence to the rule. She began to gather a group of supporters, she strived to create a more primitive type of Carmelite. From 1560 until her death, Teresa fought to create and broaden the movement of Discalced, shoeless Carmelites. During the mid-1560s, she wrote The Way of Perfection and The Meditations on the Canticle. In 1567, she met St. John of the Cross, who helped her to extend her reform into the male side of the Carmelite Order. Teresa died in 1582.
(This image shows St. Teresa in her later in her life. I picked this one, because it portrays her as being very holy)
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