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St. John of the Cross portrays Mount Carmel as the mystical height of Christian spirituality and union with God. In Ascent of Mount Carmel, St. John of the Cross dissects each phase of Christian spiritual growth—both triumphs and defeats—in order to produce a manual for Christian asceticism. The spiritual considerations of St. John of the Cross have encouraged the spiritual growth of Christians...

God’*—and the rod of Aaron, type of the cross. ‘Take back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony.’† That soul which has no other aim than the perfect observance of the law of God, and the carrying of the cross of Christ, will be a true ark containing the true manna, which is God. ——— CHAPTER VI Two great evils of the desires: negative and positive. Proofs from Scripture TO make this matter more clear, and perfectly understood, it is advisable here to explain how the desires inflict
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