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 …
Prayers for Purity II
I my previous post I inserted some traditional Roman Catholic prayers for purity. In another post later I will insert some traditional …
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 …
Prayers for Purity I
Short prayer for saying over and over and over again: Lord, inflame our hearts and our inmost beings with the fire of Your Holy Spirit, …
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 …
Where are you?
Where are you… asks the Creator. Where are you? Adam answers, “I was hiding.. I was afraid.” We are hiding dear LORD, hiding from your …
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 …