“It will happen that while the soul is inflamed with the Love of God, it will feel that a seraph is assailing it by means of an arrow or dart which is all afire with love. And the seraph pierces and in an instant cauterizes this soul, which, like a red-hot coal, or better a flame, is already enkindled. The soul is converted into an immense fire of Love. Few persons have reached these heights.” #StJohnOfTheCross
Get inspired with St. John of the Cross! On June 20th, 1590 he advised a prioress to focus on staying close to God rather than earthly matters. Check out our blog to learn more.
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Discover the wisdom of St. John of the Cross in his "Precautions" for Carmelite nuns. Learn why sacrificing personal desires for obedience to the superior is a valuable step toward spiritual perfection. On the blog now!
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"In giving us his Son, his only Word (for he possesses no other), he spoke everything to us at once in this sole Word - and he has no more to say. . ."
- St. John of the Cross
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One evening in #Avila #StJohnOfTheCross came out of the #monastery #church after hearing #confessions...
Suddenly, a man seized him and beat him so severely with a cudgel that he fell to the ground...
As John recounted this #adventure, he further stated that at no other time in his entire life had he experienced such #sweet #consolation: he had been treated like the #Savior himself and had tasted the sweetness of the #cross
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"Faith is that admirable means of advancing to God, our goal. And God, we said, is also for the soul naturally a part, or the third cause, of this night. Faith, the means, is comparable to midnight.
"The third part, that period before dawn, approximates the light of day. The darkness is not like that of midnight, since in this third period of the night we approach the illumination of day. And this daylight we compare to God."
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"Faith is that admirable means of advancing to God, our goal. And God, we said, is also for the soul naturally a part, or the third cause, of this night. Faith, the means, is comparable to midnight.
"The third part, that period before dawn, approximates the light of day. The darkness is not like that of midnight, since in this third period of the night we approach the illumination of day. And this daylight we compare to God."
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St. John of the Cross explains the need to persevere in prayer, citing the Archangel Gabriel’s message to St. Zechariah, “because God had heard his prayer;” then John emphasizes: “God had always heard that prayer.”
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St. John of the Cross explains the need to persevere in prayer, citing the Archangel Gabriel’s message to St. Zechariah, “because God had heard his prayer;” then John emphasizes: “God had always heard that prayer.”
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"To love greatly is more than to love simply: it is, as it were, to love doubly."
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"To love greatly is more than to love simply: it is, as it were, to love doubly."
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St John of the Cross describes wisdom in mystical terms, concluding that this abyss of wisdom guides souls and “leads them into the heart of the science of love.”
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St John of the Cross describes wisdom in mystical terms, concluding that this abyss of wisdom guides souls and “leads them into the heart of the science of love.”
Study this science!
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Photo: Ivan Mestrovic, "Contemplation"
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Happy feastday of St John of the Cross! May God grant us grace to "put aside the habits of childhood and grow accustomed to greater and more important things" (Dark Night I.1.2).
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Happy feastday of St John of the Cross! May God grant us grace to "put aside the habits of childhood and grow accustomed to greater and more important things" (Dark Night I.1.2).
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As we celebrate the #feastday of #StJohnOfTheCross we rejoice in the fulfillment of his life's goal, "a love equal to God's" in the "clear #transformation of glory." Our #QuoteOfTheDay is taken from his masterpiece, "The Spiritual Canticle."
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