studying St. John of the Cross "We understand that the journey with Christ, walking with Christ," the Way, "is not a burden added to the already hard enough burden of our lives, not something that would make it even heavier this burden, but it is a something completely different, it is a light, a force that helps us to carry this burden. If a man carries with it a great love, this love gives wings almost, and it bears more easily all the hardships of life, it carries within it this great light, this is the faith: to be loved by God and be loved by God Jesus Christ let this love is the light that helps us to bear the burden of every day. And holiness is not our work very difficult, but it is this "openness" and open the windows of our soul so that God's light can enter. " From this point of view, the main teaching of Saint John of the Cross is that holiness is not reserved just elected for the altars, but "it is the vocation of all of us."
02/16/2011
Continuing his catechesis on the saints in the sixteenth century, Pope Benedict XVI's general audience on 16 February, the figure of Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591) The Doctor mysticus .
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