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Ascending Mt. Carmel: July 2008
Blogging about Catholicism and the Carmelite way
Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Saint Elias (Elijah) the Prophet
St John of the Cross
St Therese of the Child Jesus
The Map of the Ascent
I am a priest of the Catholic Church desiring to draw souls to God and His Holy Church.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Map of the Ascent
The path, as developed by St John of the Cross
To reach satisfaction in all
desire satisfaction in nothing.
To come to the knowledge of all
desire the knowledge of nothing.
To come to possess all
desire the possession of nothing.
To arrive at being all
desire to be nothing.
To come to enjoy what you have not
you must go by a way in which you enjoy not.
To come to the knowledge you have not
you must go by a way in which you know not.
To come to the possession you have not
you must go by a way in which you possess not.
To come to be what you are not
you must go by a way in which you are not.
When you delay in something
you cease to rush toward the all.
To go from the all to the all
you must deny yourself of all in all.
And when you come to the possession of the all
you must possess it without wanting anything.
In this nakedness the spirit
finds its quietude and rest, for in
coveting nothing, nothing tires it
by pulling it up, and nothing oppresses it
by pushing it down, because it is in
the center of its humility.
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, and even on the Mount, nothing.
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Labels: Carmel, St John of the Cross
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
-Sequence for the feast of St Simon Stock and Our Lady of Mt Carmel
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