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The Ascent of Mount Carmel

by Saint JOHN OF THE CROSS (1542 - 1591)

Book III, Chapter XXII, Benefits of Not Rejoicing in Natural Goods

The Ascent of Mount Carmel is one of the timeless classics of Christian contemplation, radical in its time and deeply influential in the world today. St John of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila worked together to reform the Carmelite Order in the Roman Catholic Church, in which he is honored as one of the Doctors of the Church. An active priest and teacher in his lifetime, this work is considered primary source material the training of Spiritual Directors, and an essential set of guidelines for all students of Revelation through Divine Love. ( Ed Humpal)

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Listen next episodes of The Ascent of Mount Carmel:
Book III, Chapter XL, Evils of Indulgence in Places and Objects of Devotion , Book III, Chapter XLI, Other Motives of Prayer , Book III, Chapter XLII, Three Kinds of Devotional Places , Book III, Chapter XLIII, How the Will is to be Directed in these Devotions , Book III, Chapter XLIV, The Second Kind of Goods in which the Will Vainly Rejoices , Book III, Chapter XXIII, Nature and Varietes of Sensible Goods , Book III, Chapter XXIV, Evils of Rejoicing in Sensible Goods , Book III, Chapter XXIX, The Fifth Kind of Goods in Which the Will has Joy , Book III, Chapter XXV, Benefits of Self Denial in Sensible Things , Book III, Chapter XXVI, Moral Goods, and Lawful Rejoicing in Them , Book III, Chapter XXVII, Seven Evils of such Rejoicing , Book III, Chapter XXVIII, Benefits of Repressing Joy in Moral Goods , Book III, Chapter XXX, Evils from Rejoicing in this Kind of Goods , Book III, Chapter XXXI, Benefits of Self Denial in the Joy of Supernatural Graces , Book III, Chapter XXXII, The Sixth Kind of Goods , Book III, Chapter XXXIII, The Conduct of the Will with Respect to Intellect and Memory , Book III, Chapter XXXIV, Of Spiritual Goods that Distinctly Affect the Will , Book III, Chapter XXXIX, Continuation of the Same Subject , Book III, Chapter XXXV, The Ignorance of Some People in the Matter of Images , Book III, Chapter XXXVI, The Joy of the Will in Sacred Images , Book III, Chapter XXXVII, Oratories and Places of Prayer , Book III, Chapter XXXVIII, The Right Use of Churches and Oratories