“Living on earth is truly a misery. The more a man desires spiritual life, the more bitter the present becomes to him, because he understands better and sees more clearly the defects, the corruption of human nature. To eat and drink, to watch and sleep, to rest, to labor, and to be bound by other … Continue reading Misery →

“Believe in order that you may understand.” On the Gospel of John, 29.6; Sermon CXVII.I, St. Augustine

“The brighter and the more manifest in themselves are supernatural things the darker are they to our understanding.” Dark Night of the Soul, St. John of the Cross, 16th century