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Ethan Anderson • 4 cards
In the Christian mystical tradition one of the great texts is Dark Night of the Soul by Saint John of the Cross, in which he talks about the periods of loneliness, fear, and doubt that one goes through after the initial awakenings into the light. Evagrius,
Jack Kornfield • Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are
WHEN you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God."
Kahlil Gibran • The Prophet ; ebook
To paraphrase John 10:30 and 14:9: “If you have seen me you have seen the father, for I and the father are one”—these are deep words of union bound in the ministry of perichoresis.
Andrew Root • Faith Formation in a Secular Age : Volume 1 (Ministry in a Secular Age): Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness
GOD’S ADDRESS Thomas Aquinas, in defining the mode of God’s omnipresence, distinguishes three different meanings of the words “to be in a place” (or “in place”). A body is in a place in such a way as to be bounded by it, i.e. it occupies a place circumscriptive. An angel is in a place not circumscriptive, for it is not bounded by it, but definitive
... See moreC. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
From the bondage of self
Hal Walker • 2 cards
“The world” is the general name for all the passions. When we wish to call the passions by a common name, we call them the world. But when we wish to distinguish them by their special names, we call them passions. The passions are the following: love of riches, desire for possessions, bodily pleasure from which comes sexual passion, love of honor w
... See moreJoy, for Augustine, is characterized by a quietude that is the opposite of anxiety—the exhale of someone who has been holding her breath out of fear or worry or insecurity. It is the blissful rest of someone who realizes she no longer has to perform; she is loved. We find joy in the grace of God precisely because he is the one we don’t have to prov
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
J. P. de Caussade’s Abandonment of the Divine Providence,