Please read my post on praying for peace with Our Lady of Fatima and her Holy Rosary. Click image below: …
On Prayer
Ascent of Mt. Carmel – Stanza 1.2
A Closer Examination of the First Cause of the Dark Night In the previous section we examined the 3 primary reasons why the journey of the …
Centering Prayer: A Response to the Controversy – Chapter 9
This post presents a bit of an excursus but a welcome and helpful one. It is in reference to some discussion questions that were …
Ascent of Mt. Carmel – Stanza 1.1
3 Reasons Path to Divine Union is Called Dark Night Because it goes by the path of privation of all sensual desire. The extinguishing …
Ascent Mt. Carmel – Stanza I
In a dark night, With anxious love inflamed, O, happy lot! Forth unobserved I went, My house being now at rest. I have mentioned …
Podcast: Ascent of Mt. Carmel – III – Prologue
Here St. John of the Cross introduces his motivation for undertaking this study. He addresses various situations where such a study could be …
Podcast: Ascent of Mt. Carmel – II – Stanzas
This is the poem that the entire Ascent of Mt. Carmel is an explanation of. It is a poem that speaks of the union of the soul with God …
Podcast: Ascent of Mt. Carmel – I – Intro
This is the beginning of a podcast audio recording of a public domain version of the Ascent of Mount Carmel by St. John of the Cross. In …
Centering Prayer: A Response to the Controversy – Chapter 8
An Analysis of a Definition of Centering Prayer 1. Definition Here I will insert the definition of prayer given on the Contemplative …