Santa Brígida de Suecia

Teresa de Jesús, «fémina inquieta y monja andariega». Narro, basándome en las obras de nuestra santa de Ávila (siglo XVI), pero con un lenguaje actual, su interesante vida de gran mística y reformadora de la Orden del Carmen -frecuentemente atacada y llena de curiosas anécdotas-. También se habla de la fundación de muchos monasterios reformados.

Perdona excepcional. Sucesor de San José María, fundador del Opus Dei, en el que se apoyó durante cuarenta años. Fue su saxum.

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