Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (1611–1691) was a Carmelite monk who spent the greater part of his life in the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Paris.

Mother Tessa Bielecki is the co-foundress and former abbess of the Spiritual Life Institute, a modern Carmelite community with retreat centers in Colorado and Ireland. She is the author of Holy Daring, Teresa of Avila: Ecstasy and Common Sense, and Teresa of Avila: Mystical Writings.