Discover the wisdom of St John of Ávila, one of the Catholic Church's great spiritual teachers. These twenty-five letters offer guidance for the joys and struggles of Christian life: prayer, illness, bereavement, temptation, and learning to trust God. Writing to people in widely different circumstances, John returns again and again to the love of Christ, the power of grace, and the call to holiness. This modern English edition preserves the substance and spiritual character of the Benedictines of Stanbrook's translation, while updating older wording and introducing shorter paragraphs for easier reading. Catholic readers will find the counsel of a saint and Doctor of the Church. Protestant readers will also discover rich biblical insight in an author whose letters John Wesley selected for A Christian Library.