A Closer Examination of the First Cause of the Dark Night, Ascent of Mount Carmel, Stanza 1.2 In a different post, we examined the 3 primary reasons why the journey of the soul to Divine Union is called night. Here we will examine with more precision the first cause which St. John of the Cross […]
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St. John of the Cross, Ascent of Mount Carmel, Stanza 1.1
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In Chapter 28 of The Way of Perfection St. Teresa of Avila explains the practice of recollection in reference to the 2nd article of the Lord’s prayer, Who art in heaven. It seems that she sees in this article in particular a way in to interior recollection. The method seems such: Dwell on the article,
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In a dark night, With anxious love inflamed, O, happy lot! Forth unobserved I went, My house being now at rest. I have mentioned elsewhere the three reasons why the soul that seeks divine union must go by a way that is called night. Thus, in the dark night of purgation and faith in the infinite
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Prophetic: Based in the tradition of the prophets Carmel, and in particular the distinctive way Elijah was prophetic. Being a Carmelite is an opportunity to be prophetic by making the experience of God and relationship with Him the telos of life. It means making actual in this life the restoration in Christ with the Father
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