{"product_id":"the-complete-works-of-st-john-of-the-cross-volume-1","title":"THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS - VOLUME 1","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eVolume 1 is comprised of General Introduction, Ascent of Mount Carmel, Dark Night of the Soul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eTranslated from the critical edition of P Silverio De Santa Teresa, C.D. and edited by E. Allison Peers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eImrpimatur, 1933\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eIn the first volume of The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, the great Carmelite mystic and Doctor of the Church explains the soul’s purification and ascent toward union with God. The Ascent of Mount Carmel teaches the necessity of detachment from created things and from dependence upon spiritual consolations, showing how the understanding, memory, and will are purified through faith, hope, and charity. The soul must pass through this “dark night” of self-denial and spiritual poverty so that it may be freed from all that hinders perfect union with God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eThe Dark Night of the Soul continues this journey by describing the deeper purification accomplished by God Himself. Through the passive nights of sense and spirit, the soul may experience dryness, obscurity, and suffering as imperfect attachments are stripped away. Yet this darkness ultimately prepares the soul for greater illumination, freedom, and Divine love. Together, these two closely connected works form St. John’s profound account of the soul being emptied of all that is less than God in preparation for union with Him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eBook pages: 486\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUR LADY OF GOOD SUCCESS CATHOLIC TRADER ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51744271663337,"sku":null,"price":43.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/2598\/5001\/files\/sjcv1.jpg?v=1787852749","url":"https:\/\/ologsct.com\/products\/the-complete-works-of-st-john-of-the-cross-volume-1","provider":"OUR LADY OF GOOD SUCCESS CATHOLIC TRADER ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}