The Prayer of Loving Attention: CarmelCast Episode 69
St. John of the Cross defines contemplation as "an inflow of God into the soul." In this episode, we discuss his teaching on how we can respond to God's invitation to contemplative prayer.
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross - Stanza 4: CarmelCast Episode 56
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross tells of the union of the soul with God through love. In this episode of CarmelCast, we discuss Stanza 4 in which St. John describes how we participate in the life of the Holy Trinity.
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross - Stanza 3, Part 2: CarmelCast Episode 55
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross tells of the union of the soul with God through love. In this episode of CarmelCast, we discuss the second half of Stanza 3 in which St. John describes the three blind guides that can lead us astray in our spiritual lives.
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross - Stanza 3, Part 1: CarmelCast Episode 54
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross tells of the union of the soul with God through love. In this episode of CarmelCast, we dive into the first half of Stanza 3 which describes how the soul's faculties of intellect, memory, and will are transformed to be united to God.
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross - Stanza 2, Part 2: CarmelCast Episode 53
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross tells of the union of the soul with God through love. In this episode of CarmelCast, we dive into the second half of Stanza 2 which describes how the wounds of God's love transform us.
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross - Stanza 2, Part 1: CarmelCast Episode 52
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross tells of the union of the soul with God through love. In this episode of CarmelCast, we dive into the first half of Stanza 2 which describes how the Trinity heals us by wounding us with love.
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross - Stanza 1: CarmelCast Episode 51
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross tells of the union of the soul with God through love. In this episode of CarmelCast, we dive into Stanza 1 which describes how the Trinity brings about this union with God.
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross - Introduction and Prologue: CarmelCast Episode 50
The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross tells of the union of the soul with God through love. In this episode of CarmelCast, we dive into the Introduction and Prologue of the work to see how we too are called to that union.
The Living Flame of Love Book Study
Join us over the next 7 weeks as we dive into this spiritual masterpiece of St. John of the Cross and learn how we too can be completely united to God through love.
Artist Alumnus of the Washington, D.C. Monastery
The Mexican friar, Father Gerardo Lopez Bonilla (born in Puebla on May 18, 1929) is a talented artist whose paintings are “powerful doorways to the metaphysical” and radiate deep “interior light.” Before finishing a year of theological studies in D.C. in 1960 with ordination to the diaconate, he gifted houses of the Province with several paintings. Now two of them still grace the main corridor of our monastery.
“How is it God Loves Us?”: A Homily for St. John of the Cross
Blessed Solemnity of St. John of the Cross! The following homily was given in Westminster Cathedral (London) to commemorate the 4th centenary of the death of St. John of the Cross. Although it was delivered 30 years ago, its message about the consoling love of God is perhaps one that we need to hear even more so today.