MYSTICAL STAIRCASE ENCOUNTER It was here, in her Avila convent, where Teresa reported her encounter with a mysterious little boy. “Who are you?” the boy asked the Carmelite nun. “I am Sister Teresa of Jesus,” she replied kindly, using her formal religious name. “And who might you be?” “I am,” he said, fixing his eyes calmly on hers, “Jesus of Teresa.”
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