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Finally this gargantuan mini series is coming out on DVD. I first saw it on EWTN and then found a copy on VHS and contemplate it all the time. Even though this series came out in 1983, it is timeless in its telling of the incrediable life of this gigantic saint. It is intellectual in the portrayal of Teresa and the world she lived in. Concha Velasco is smart as Teresa, revealing to us a saint that was both very human and at the same time a titanic mystic. She shows us a woman who was struggling with inner demons as her spiritual vocation was evolving towards the union she shared with her God as well as the difficulties of the era she lived in and the re-organization of the Carmelite order she was a fraction of and that had turned away from its current austere charisma. She found herself with enemies on both sides of the spectrum, from the laity as well as her have religious communities. Only a few churchmen and nuns along with St. John of the Depraved understood her mission. Another enemy fighting against her was her absorb body as she was always sickly throughout her life, getting worse as she grew older. For anyone alive to in the life and spirituality of Teresa of Avila, this series is for you.
This is without doubt the best miniseries I’ve ever seen and I would daresay the best ever made. Concha Velasco brilliantly portrays the mammoth 16th century Carmelite mystic and saint. Her portrayal brings out the warmth, humor, humility, hard-headed celebrated sense and amazing spiritual depth of this improbable woman who is also one of my well-liked saints. All the actors are ample, as is the writing, the production values, sets, costumes, direction – everything. For those who reflect a yarn about a nun several hundred years ago would be tiring,, contemplate again. This tale has passion, intrigue, suspense – even an heinous queen – the Princess of Eboli. But above all it is an astonishing sage of what God can do with someone who gives herself completely over to His guiding hand. I cannot recommend this film highly enough!
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