Into this dark night souls begin to enter when God draws them forth
from the state of beginners—which is the state of those that meditate
on the spiritual road—and begins to set them in the state of
progressives—which is that of those who are already contemplatives—to
the end that, after passing through it, they may arrive at the state of
the perfect, which is that of the Divine union of the soul with God.
Wherefore, to the end that we may the better understand and explain
what night is this through which the soul passes, and for what cause
God sets it therein, it will be well here to touch first of all upon
certain characteristics of beginners (which, although we treat them
with all possible brevity, will not fail to be of service likewise to
the beginners themselves), in order that, realizing the weakness of the
state wherein they are, they may take courage, and may desire that God
will bring them into this night, wherein the soul is strengthened and
confirmed in the virtues, and made ready for the inestimable delights
of the love of God.
-St. John of the Cross
( I've been out in the desert...
reflecting and praying.
So sorry to go M.I.A. on you.
I'll blog regularly again. Promise. )
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uppdaaattteeee!