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Wouldn't that be a great gift to give to him this Christmas?

Welcome to our this Christmas.

Welcome to our daily Rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for. Today, December 14th, is the

Feast of St. John of the Cross. Together with Teresa of Avala, they are the most important teachers of the Catholic spiritual life, so we should know what they teach.

John was ordained in 1567. Then he met Theresa of Avala. She persuaded him to help her

reform the Carmelite Order from a life of busyness and distraction in which they had no time or interest in daily meditation

to a deep life of prayer and the pursuit of transforming union with God.

Well, how of transforming union with God.

Well, how do you think the Carmelites responded to this effort to reform their way of life?

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