Prayer is to the soul what air is to the lungs. If we don’t pray, we die spiritually. St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, a Discalced Carmelite Mystic, talked about how we can be a “cell for Jesus” and how Jesus wants to come to you. In the depths of prayer, the Lord sometimes grants supernatural graces, which leads us to the deep prayer of 3 great Carmelites: St. John of the Cross, St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, and St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila). One great grace that both St. Mary of Jesus Crucified (Mariam, the Little Arab) and St. Teresa of Avila experienced was the transverberation of the heart, a wound of the heart. St. John of the Cross gives us a great explanation of this grace, then the descriptions of this experience from St. Mary of Jesus Crucified and St. Teresa of Avila is given. It is interesting to compare their accounts. Then we turn to some quotes on the Blessed Mother and a meditation on the Virtues of Mary from St. Mary of Jesus Crucified.
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Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 9)
Thinking about the Samaritan Woman During Lent
Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 8)
Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 7)
Interior Castle (part 12): Seventh Dwelling Place; Ch. 1-2: The Grand Entrance and Spiritual Marriage
Christmas Preparation for Carmelites
Interior Castle (part 11): Sixth Dwelling Place; Ch. 10-11: Preparing to Enter the Kingly Chambers
The Determined Determination of St. Teresa of Avila
Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 6)
Interior Castle (part 10): Sixth Dwelling Place; Ch. 7-9: Keeping Christ Present
Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 5)
Interior Castle (part 9): Sixth Dwelling Place; Ch. 4-6: Mansion of Spiritual Betrothal & Mystical Communications
The Active Night of the Purification of the Spirit
Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 4)
The Third Spiritual Alphabet and St. Teresa of Avila
Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 3)
Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 2)
Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 1)
Interior Castle (part 8): Sixth Dwelling Place; Ch. 1-3: Greater Trials & Greater Favors
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