On Prayer

Comments on Pre-Christian Forms of Natural Meditation

Definition of Natural Meditation: Meditation that takes place in reference to the first order of knowledge, nature, rather than the Word of …

Please read my post on praying for peace with Our Lady of Fatima and her Holy Rosary. Click image below: …

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 …

This post presents a bit of an excursus but a welcome and helpful one. It is in reference to some discussion questions that were …

3 Reasons Path to Divine Union is Called Dark Night Because it goes by the path of privation of all sensual desire. The extinguishing …

In a dark night, With anxious love inflamed, O, happy lot! Forth unobserved I went, My house being now at rest. I have mentioned …

Here St. John of the Cross introduces his motivation for undertaking this study. He addresses various situations where such a study could be …

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 …

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 …