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Dec 13, 2016 · St. John of the Cross is not easy to read; but when we read the poetry, the sayings and the few letters we possess, we sense almost intuitively that we are hearing someone who transmits to us profound spiritual experienceexperience that is shaped by the Word made flesh, the self-emptying of Christ on the cross and his exaltation in resurrection.
Perhaps the best recent study is Colin Thompson, St. John of the Cross: Songs in the Night, Catholic University of America Press, 2003; another fine study of John (and Teresa) is Keith Egan (Ed.), Carmelite Prayer: A Tradition for the 21st Century, Paulist, 2003 (by a distinguished Carmelite theologian); other studies include Richard P. Hardy ...
Saint John of the Cross, in your sufferings, God purified you and called you deeper. Through you, the Carmelites were reformed; from your teachings, came a wealth of spiritual treasures. Please pray that I will embrace the sufferings of the Cross as the path to deeper union with our loving God. Saint John of the Cross, pray for me.
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Dec 5, 2023 · Friar John longs for God, but his jealous Carmelite brothers resent his holiness and imprison him in a tiny cell, where he writes his beautiful "Spiritual Ca...
Christ of Saint John of the Cross is a painting by Salvador Dalí made in 1951 which is in the collection of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow. It depicts Jesus Christ on the cross in a darkened sky floating over a body of water complete with a boat and fishermen.
Born in 1542, John was raised in Spain by a widowed mother who could barely provide for her sons. At a young age, he worked in a hospital and developed a great love for the poor and the sick. He sometimes felt that he was in the presence of Jesus when he was tending the patients.
