{"product_id":"9780809128396","title":"John of the Cross : Selected Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"...a milestone in American religious publishing.\"\n\u003cbr\u003eNew Catholic World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn of the Cross: Selected Writings \n\u003cbr\u003etranslated and introduced by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D.\n\u003cbr\u003epreface by Ernest E. Larkin, O. Carm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI abandoned and forgot myself\n\u003cbr\u003eLaying my face on my beloved;\n\u003cbr\u003eAll things ceased; I went out from myself,\n\u003cbr\u003eLeaving my cares forgotten among the lilies.\n\u003cbr\u003eJohn of the Cross 1542-1591 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are few works on the spiritual life in the West that can match the insight and sheer beauty of those of the sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite, St. John of the Cross. A collaborator with St. Teresa of Avila in the reform movement that attempted to forge a new style of religious life, dedicated to recollection yet distinct from both the enthusiasm of the alumbrados and the sterility of the conventual Carmelites, John was no stranger to suffering. As he so memorable wrote in The Ascent of Mount Carmel, summing up his doctrine of detachment, \"nothing (nada), nothing, nothing, and even on the Mountain nothing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet the harshness of his teaching that emerges in the context of his commentaries on his poetry is balance by the poetry itself-a poetry that breathes the warmth and sweetness of the tender love of God that made John one of the greatest mystical writers of all time and earned him the title, Doctor of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, under one cover, are selections from his major works in a revised translation by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. Taken as a whole, this volume represents the essential St. John of the Cross and will serve well both the newcomer and the expert.\n\u003cbr\u003e†\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paulist Press International,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48253240639723,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":49.35,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780809128396-1.jpg?v=1781640216","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9780809128396","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}