Rapture.RAPTURE, HOWEVER SHORT LIVED, is a concomitant of joy. It is not a precise equivalent, since ecstasy is as much piercing pain as it is joyfulness, yet joy partakes of rapture in that its touch always draws us forcibly forc·i·ble adj. 1. Effected against resistance through the use of force: The police used forcible restraint in order to subdue the assailant. 2. Characterized by force; powerful. out of the confines of self. (The word means seizure, a strong carrying away.) Since the face of Saint Teresa The name Saint Teresa may refer to:
By SISTER WENDY BECKETT Sister Wendy Beckett (born February 25 1930) is a South African-born British art expert, consecrated virgin and contemplative hermit who became an unlikely celebrity during the 1990s, presenting a series of acclaimed art history documentaries for the BBC. of Norfolk, England, well-known for her BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. and PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, television art series and her popular art books. Reprinted with permission from: Sister Wendy's Book of Meditations (DK Publishing, 1998; 877-342-5357). Sculpture: Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, by Gianlorenzo Bernini (c. 1645-52, Santa Magia della Villoria, Rome). |
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