La noche oscura del alma (San Juan de la Cruz) Primera parte

Escuela de Oración y Vida Espiritual - EOVE

Escuela de Oración y Vida Espiritual - EOVE

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First part of a series of lectures from the School of Spirituality on "The Dark Night of the Soul," which is part of the section on asceticism.

Chapter three of the second book of the complete work "Toward the Search for God" by Fr. Lázaro Albar Marín.

"The Land of God: Christian Asceticism"

1. Introduction
2. The poem by St. John of the Cross
3. Night in the Bible (different meanings):
Night as praise
Night as a symbol of death
Night as access to the deepest part of being
Night as ignorance and sin
Night as the nearness of death
Night as a time of the Lord's absence
4. Originality and intention of St. John of the Cross