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BEATO JUAN DE AVILA :
EPISTOLARIO ESPIRITUAL

PRÓLOGO

Poco es, en definitiva, lo que de la vida (1) del Beato
Juan de Avila conocemos, y, lo que es peor, son ya muy
escasas las fuentes que inquirir para llenar los vacíos
de su obscura y embrollada biografía.

(1) Bibliografia: 1.° Vida del Venerable Maestro Iuan de
Avila, Predicador Apostólico del Andaluzia, en que se manifiestan
tas partes que ha de tener el predicador evangélico, compuesto
por el V. P. M. F. Luis de Granada de la Orden de Santo Do-
mingo. [En las diversas ediciones de sus obras, y en las del B.° de
1588, 1595, 1618, 1894 y 1901.]

Finding Confidence in Times of Trial is a selection of twenty-five letters by St. John of Avila translated from Spanish and originally published in 1904. The addressees were mostly his friends and spiritual children, from those in the world to some of the first Jesuits. Contrary to the main title, the letters are not all about suffering and trials: there are several towards the end about preparing for liturgical seasons, for example. There is a little of everything here and quite a bit of good advice. For anyone looking for some good spiritual reading, the letters are all brief enough that they would probably work as daily meditations.

Six sermons on the Holy Spirit.