"Shirley Sullivan's Transformed By Love is a welcome guide for the interior journey. Her clear synthesis of the counsel of Teresa of Avila Mother Aloysius of the Blessed Sacrament, and Elizabeth of the Trinity leads us straight to the biblical 'pearl of great price.' By culling from the works of these three Carmelites their core teachings on how God dwells as light and love in each of our souls, Sullivan shows us how we too can be transformed by love. The pearl each of them holds out is Jesus himself into whom we are uniquely transformed. We become the One we sought. And if we follow the course charted here, we will one day echo Elizabeth's words: 'I am going to light, love, and life." '
"At a time when has been reduced by so many to just one more psychological bypath, Shirley Sullivan has given us a substantial satisfying and readable reminder that the 'soul' is at the core of our spiritual tradition and our unending search for the light By tracing skillfully the life and growth of the soul as it was lived and explored by three great Carmelite women, she makes an important truth newly accessible and timely."