Both seasoned and new readers of St. John of the Cross are in the debt of Kieran Kavanaugh and the Paulist Press for the present volume. Highly esteemed for his translations of St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, Kieran Kavanaugh is probably the best informed English-speaking scholar on the lives and teaching of the two Carmelite doctors. His choice of texts, therefore, is an expert opinion on what is key in John’s synthesis. For newcomers the selections provide easier access to