Feast Facts with Saint John of the Cross

Today is the feast day of Saint John of the Cross. Here are three Fast Facts about this great Saint.
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REFLECT

1. In his writing ‘Dark Night of the Soul’, St John helps people understand his profound mystical doctrine on the purification of the soul. In both its active and passive moments, the process requires our determined effort, but it is God who is the real centre. All man can do is dispose himself and humble himself before the loving work of God in the soul.

   How can I humble myself more before God, and be more perseverant on the road to spiritual maturity?

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