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“You do very well, O soul, to seek Him ever as one hidden, for you exalt God immensely and approach very near Him when you consider Him higher and deeper than anything you can reach.”
St. John of the Cross, The Spiritual Canticle, Stanza 1.12
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The Way Of Prayer: Emotional Humility
We must not be proud of our emotional state in times of deep prayer, or ashamed of it, or otherwise preoccupied with it in any way. Our attention must always be on the Lord, not on what we desire for ourselves, or on agreeable or disagreeable feelings.
The Way Of Prayer: You Are Made For Love
St. John of the Cross does not want merely to bring you close to a true understanding of your flawed and broken self. He also is bringing you close to the fire, to the “living flame of love, that tenderly wounds my soul in the deepest center.”
The Way Of Prayer: Don’t Turn Back
We must be patient with heaven, and stubborn with hell.
The Way Of Prayer: Following The Story
Developing your prayer life can feel like a project to be planned and completed. Consider a different sense of what is happening when we get serious about prayer. When you begin to make prayer a serious focus of your life, you begin to follow a story.
Beginning with St. John of the Cross
There is a difference between beginners in prayer and those who are more advanced. It has to do with where we must focus our efforts.
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The world tells us that the key to happiness is to figure out what you want, and go get it, letting no one stand in your way. Jesus very obviously wants to point us in the opposite direction, away from ourselves.