St. John of the Cross: Session 7

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This is the seventh session that focuses on the mystic, St. John of the Cross. With this episode, Jim turns to St. John of the Cross's work on The Spiritual Canticle and The Living Flame of Love, moving us from The Dark Night to the mystical union with God that blossoms in this "night" as it comes to fruition. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  The transcript of this podcast can be found here. The book being used for this season can be found here. (Currently, there are issues with hyperlinks on Apple Podcasts since their recent update. If links aren't working, please visit our website at cac.org for the transcript. Thanks!) Connect with us: We also produce other podcasts you might enjoy. To learn more about them and our other offerings, visit cac.org This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation to learn more
0:05.0	visit caac.org.
0:09.0	Greetings.
0:10.0	I'm Jim Finley.
0:12.0	Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:23.0	Greetings, everyone.
0:25.0	Welcome to our time together, turning for guidance to the teachings of the
0:30.0	Christian Mystics and John of the Cross.
0:33.0	In the previous session, in a sense kind of summarized the dark night, this
0:41.0	transformative way of life, which is saying John of the Cross has
0:45.0	we come to perfect union with God in so far as possible on this earth through
0:50.0	love.
0:52.0	And in this session, I want to move on from the dark night to the mystical union
1:01.0	with God that blossoms in this night as it comes to fruition.
1:07.0	So, backing up a bit to put this into a context.
1:13.0	Remember in the opening session on John of the Cross when we're just starting out.
1:19.0	We spoke of his life at that point where he was ordained to the priesthood in the
1:23.0	Carmelite Order.
1:25.0	And he was approached by Teresa of Avala, who was a cloistered nun in the
1:34.0	cloistered sisters in the Carmelite Order, same order that he was in.
1:38.0	And so she felt called to reform the Carmelite Order and return to the primitive observance
1:45.0	of a return to simplicity, prayer, and poverty.
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