“That the lover become like the one he loves” – Advent with St. John of the Cross

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Hayley Barnes

St. John of the Cross, whose feast we celebrate in the middle of our cold and dark Advent season, is often looked to for what he can teach us about suffering.

Deacon-structing Doctors of the Church, part 5

Monday, May 3, 2021

Deacon Pedro

We continue exploring Doctors of the Church with Peter Canisius, John of the Cross, Robert Bellarmine, Albert the Great, Anthony of Padua, and Lawrence of Brindisi.

Deacon-structing The Pearl of Great Price

Monday, July 20, 2020

Deacon Pedro

Can you imagine God appearing to you in a dream and telling you to ask for anything – that He would give you anything you want? What would you ask for?

Telling them apart: So many Johns, part 1 | Two from Ávila

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Kristina Glicksman

Kristina Glicksman explores the lives of two Spanish saints and Doctors of the Church: John of Avila and John of the Cross.

A Darkness That Shows Us the Light

Friday, December 14, 2018

Fr. Matt Gworek

In this Advent reflection, Fr. Matt Gworek explores how the "dark night of the soul" of St. John of Cross relates to the coming of the Light at Christmas.

Saints and the Battle of Prayer

Friday, February 10, 2017

Salt + Light Media

Saints would be the first ones to declare that prayer is a battle. But a battle with who and what? Well, they would say, with ourselves and with whatever is keeping our eyes fixed on God. “The great figures of prayer of the Old Covenant before Christ, as well as the Mother of God, the saints, […]