Listen to the homily here.
Notes:
Notes:
St. John of the Cross: The Dark Night of the Soul or
Image of darkness in our spiritual journey
· Dusk
o “As the sun was about to set, a trance fell upon Abram,
and a deep, terrifying darkness enveloped him.”
and a deep, terrifying darkness enveloped him.”
o “Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep,”
o Detachment from our senses, our possessions, our busyness, our hobbies
o Leave the earthly world, and enter into a spiritual world
· Midnight
o St. Theresa of Calcutta, Dark Night for 50 years
o This is a process in Lent
o We can be lost spiritually
§ Where do I go without my media? Screen time? Hobbies?
o Right when I am about ready to fall asleep
· Dawn
o When we grow to our relationship with God, with Jesus
o “…but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.”
This is one way to consider your spiritual journey that is not perfect…and we may consider it well for a forward, backward, falling on the ground
Our full process is the direction we should go towards, God
· Detach yourself from stuff
· Trust, with faith, in “darkness” in the world
· And prepare yourself for the light of God for all eternity
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