The spirituality & sexuality of St Teresa of Ãvila
From the director who brought Live Flesh (film about a women who committs adultery because she is not sexually “satisfied” by handicapped husband) to the big screen, will now bring St. Teresa of Ãvila to theaters in Teresa: Death and Life.
Film-makers don’t do spirituality as easily as sexuality and, in exploring the saint’s sex life, they find themselves accused of treading sacrilegiously.
The film was denounced by Benedicta Ward, a nun and Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality in the Theology Faculty at Oxford University, who wrote the introduction to a recent edition of the saint’s celebrated work, Life.
On being told about the film’s content, she said: “The stress on her virginity and her sexuality are entirely modern interests — as if she were living now. That’s not fair. She is the greatest of the mystics. She has visions and writes about them and analyses them in an extraordinary way.â€
On the director’s opinion on women and the Catholic Church:
“So far, they’ve only offered two models to women — The Virgin Mother, which, in my opinion, is an aberration and quite harmful to women, and the redeemed whore symbolised by Mary Magdalene. These role models worry me. The Church hasn’t been able to find a better explanation for women within the context of our relationship with God.â€
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“So far, they’ve only offered two models to women — The Virgin Mother, which, in my opinion, is an aberration and quite harmful to women”
Isn’t that the key to the whole modern quest seeking to “enrich”
our feminine existance; Mary, the Mother of God, IS NOT enough.
God have mercy, Jesus help us.
Comment by Jenny Bluett — August 26, 2006 @ 8:39 AM
Przepiękne ujęcie tak godnej tego osoby!
Comment by Thaddeo — March 28, 2007 @ 10:11 PM
Thaddeo – If you are referring to the movie then of course I disagree. A prurient concern over someone’s sexuality is anything but “PrzepiÄ™kne.”
Comment by David — March 30, 2007 @ 8:32 AM
It was Pedro Almodóvar who directed “Live Flesh” and not Ray Loriga. Loriga actually helped write the screenplay.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0118819/fullcredits#cast
Comment by Marcos Alberto — May 6, 2007 @ 3:35 PM