Carmelite Quotes

“All other things, says St. John, God did in passing, as it were. In His Son, however, He saw all […]

“This becomes still more clear when in the commentary on the Spiritual Canticle we see, placed over against each other,

“It is here that the Holy Ghost, as it were, brings His Bride to meet the Bridegroom, that they may

“Towards the end of this commentary St. John approaches the image of the Incarnation in Our Lady to express the

In his explanation of another metaphor, the Living Flame of Love, St. John draws Our Lady as closely as possible

“A much loved comparison of the saint which he employs to express the necessity of our being susceptible and pure

“How often does the saint employ imagery that can generally be applied to Our Lady. It is next to impossible

“As an example of a soul that always followed the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, he cites in the same

“Particularly does he praise in her the fact that she, who is indeed called by the angel “full of the

“For St. John of the Cross, Our Lady is the ideal of the soul that strives upward toward God, and