The heavens and the earth drink there...

"Where there is no love, put love --

and you will find love."- St John of the Cross

 

"That eternal Spring is hidden

             yet I know well where it flows...

            I know that there can be

            nothing else so beautiful

            and that the heavens and the earth drink there...

            I know well that its bottom cannot be found

            and that no one can penetrate its depths...

            Its clarity is never muddied,

            and I know that every light has come from it...

            Well do I know how vast , how mighty is the flow

            of the stream born in this Fount...

            This eternal Spring is hidden

          in this living Bread to give us life...

            It is here calling to creatures

            and from its water they quench their thirst...

            This living Fount that I long for

            I see in this Bread of Life..."

 

 

St John of the Cross

Doctor (mystical theology) of the Church

Spain ~ 1542 - 1591

Carmelite priest and reformer

Co-founder Discalced Carmelites

w/St Teresa of Ávila

FEAST DAY - Dec 14

 

 

 

“In the evening of life, we will be judged

on love alone.”  ~ St John of the Cross

 

Click here: A Strong Hope - YouTube (2 mins)

Click here: Fr. Barron at the Tomb of St. John of the Cross - YouTube (3 mins)

 

 St John of the Cross, pray for us!