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Title: Dark Night of the Soul P by James Clarke Books ISBN: 0-227-67849-4 Publisher: James Clarke Company Pub. Date: December, 1981 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mystical work of Art.
Comment: St. John of the Cross is truly a superb Saint and Mystic. Through his writings You can see how your own spiritual journey may not always be easy. If you are looking for a book that will not only inform you of the dark night, but also give you a self evaluation of your own life, then this is the book for you. In parts it may seem that St. John is peering into your soul and speaking directly to you. The wonderful thing about this book is that no one will have the same experence of it. Everyone who reads it will read it in light of where they are in their own lives. the reflection and thoughts of this Holy man will force you to look inside yourself to find what you need to do to reach the Ultimate union with God. St John of the Cross...Pray For Us!
Rating: 3
Summary: Scholarly but not for the average seeker
Comment: Here is the message of "Dark Night Of The Soul": God wants our will more than anything else. To get it, he may allow us to stumble on without any sense of his presence or obtaining any pleasure from our spiritual exercises or even our life. All that will be left us is our decision to continue doing our duty despite not receiving any apparent gain from doing so. According to St. John, this is what pleases God more than anything for then we will serve God solely for Himself and not for any good feelings, sensations, or rewards we might experience by doing so. Whatever the validity of this spiritual approach (and I wonder about the value/point of sanctifying depression in this age of anti-depressants), St. John wrote this detailed book to explore it and did it better than anyone else has ever done. That makes it an important contribution to the literature on spirituality. But it also makes it something that most people will not be able to fathom or have any use for. The hours of daily prayer required by the school of thought that produced this book seem to me excessive and to miss the whole point of the Christian life. Most of us would be driven mad by such intensity-and I don't doubt that some have been. I tend to think that doing our duty is sometimes just work (true) but also sometimes will give a great sense of fulfillment and satisfaction because there are intrinsic rewards that come with being a good worker, spouse, parent, friend, etc. There is little point in getting this book unless you live in a cloister or are planning to do so and only if God is calling you to the depths of contemplative prayer. That leaves out 98% of the human race, including me. This is a dry treatise; admirable without being in the least bit inspiring. It is best left to graduate courses in spirituality or medieval Spanish literature (the poem is reportedly excellent Spanish poetry).
Rating: 5
Summary: beautiful, helpful book by a saintly man
Comment: this is a truly inspired book by a saintly man completely led by God. almost obligatory reading for Catholic devout. the only problem i had with this book was the meddlesome effort of the translator and/or editor to undermine the Churchs authority, and Christian truth in general. this book was written by a Christian, and a Catholic at that. a huge undertaking was made here to disgustingly warp that message, and that is unfortunate. if you dont agree with the underlying core of teaching with this book, please dont read it, and more than that dont try to convince others that your own interpretation of the text would be a better understanding than that of the Churchs and a man who is a saint, and professed to be such by the Catholic church.
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Title: Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila, E. Allison Peers ISBN: 0385036434 Publisher: Image Books Pub. Date: 04 January, 1972 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Way of Perfection by TERESA OF AVILA ISBN: 0385065396 Publisher: Image Books Pub. Date: 15 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Cloud of Unknowing by William Johnston, Huston Smith ISBN: 0385030975 Publisher: Image Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Practice of the Presence of God: With Spiritual Maxims by Brother Lawrence, Brother Lawrence ISBN: 0800785991 Publisher: Fleming H Revell Co Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius by Anthony Mottola ISBN: 0385024363 Publisher: Image Books Pub. Date: 07 January, 1964 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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