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Author: John of the Cross. THE DARK NIGHT. An explanation of the stanzas describing a soul's conduct along the spiritual road that leads to the perfect union with God through love, insofar as it is attainable in this life. A description also of the characteristics of one who has reached this perfection.
May 31, 2019 · 2) The means: We travel this road to union with God by receiving His actions through the dark light of faith, which is a “night” to our human ways of thinking. A “ray of darkness” (381) leads us on this path.
The dark night of the spirit is nothing less than the inflowing of God, but it seems strange that this supreme blessing should be referred to as darkness. St. John explains the paradox with the analogy of how bright light darkens the pupil of an owl, or how we are blinded by the sun.
Jul 30, 2015 · Maybe that is why Jesus praised faith even more than love; maybe that is why Saint John of the Cross called faith “luminous darkness.” Yes, love is the final goal but ever deeper trust inside of darkness is the path for getting there.
Sep 7, 2015 · John of the Cross wrote “The Dark Night” in 1578 or 1579. It is a guide for spiritual development and mystical prayer. TABLE OF CONTENTS. A summary of John’s teaching. The Poem. Three Stages in the life of prayer. The Dark Night of the Senses. Meditating but not growing. Leaving meditative prayer.
that meditate on the spiritual road—and begins to set them in the state of progressives—which is that of those who are already contemplatives—to the end that, after passing through it, they may arrive at the state of the perfect, which is that of the Divine union of the soul with God.4
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Dec 13, 2016 · John’s basic road map is the passage through the night of senses into the night of faith (which sounds rather like the dark night of serious atheism) to that dawn whose light comes after the deepest darkness of night.
