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Excerpt: The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross

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July 16, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel DARK NIGHT Exposition of the stanzas describing the method followed by the soul in its journey upon the spiritual road to the attainment of the perfect union of love with God, to the extent that is possible in this life. Likewise are described the properties belonging to the soul that has attained to the said perfection, according as they are contained in the same stanzas. PROLOGUE In this book are first set down all the stanzas which are to be expounded; afterwards, each of the stanzas is expounded separately, being set down before its exposition; and then each line is expounded separately and in turn, the line itself also being set down before the exposition. In the first two stanzas are expounded the effects of the two spiritual purgations: of the sensual part of man and of the spiritual part. In the other six are expounded various and wondrous effects of the spiritual illumination and union of love with God. STAN...

Books sorted (theology 2)

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New Proofs for the Existence of God by Robert Spitzer The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross Creative Love by John Boyle     Covenanted Happiness by Cormac Burke   Life in Christ by Raniero Cantalamessa   The Foot of the Cross by Faber   Bethlehem by Faber   Creator and Creature by Faber Sex and the Sanctity of Human Life by William May Harvard Classics (Confessions and Imitation of Christ) The Suenens Dossier 

Library Booklist (L:eLB2)

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From Glory to Glory by Gregory of Nyssa   Mystery of Creation by Paul Haffner   The Eucharist Makes the Church by Paul McPartlan   War, Progress, and the End of History by Vladimir Solovyov   New Proofs for the Existence of God by Robert Spitzer   The Way of Perfection by Teresa of Avila   The Christian State of Life by Adrienne von Speyr   The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross