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Counsels of Light and Love of St. John of the Cross

This book is a compilation of St. John of the Cross's profound reflections on the spiritual journey, focusing on the stages of contemplation and the love of God. It includes his famous work 'The Ascent of Mount Carmel' and other treatises that have deeply influenced Christian spirituality. more

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John of the Cross
John of the Cross

John of the Cross, also known as Saint John of the Cross, was a 16th-century Spanish Catholic mystic, theologian, poet, and friar, considered a significant figure in the Franciscan Order. He was born on June 24, 1542, and died on December 14, 1591. more

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“Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God except by first entering the thicket of much suffering, in such a way that the soul finds there its consolation and desire. The soul that longs for divine wisdom chooses first, and in truth, to enter the thicket of the cross.”