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Donne's fervent plea for God's grace and inner renewal demonstrates the profound devotion experienced by many. "Holy Sonnet XIV - Batter my heart, three-personed God". Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you. As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me and bend.
- 100 Great Catholic Poems: Exploring Faith, Spirituality, and Devotion
In this article, we will delve into the realm of Catholic...
- 100 Great Catholic Poems: Exploring Faith, Spirituality, and Devotion
Thou who dost seek to honor here My Cross, My Passion, My bruised Face: Learn now this mystery, angel dear! Each soul that suffers shares thy grace. The radiance of its pain borne now, In heaven upon thy face shall shine; The martyr’s halo decks thy brow, His glory shall be drawn from thine.
In this article, we will delve into the realm of Catholic poetry, presenting a curated selection of 100 great Catholic poems that touch upon themes of prayer, sacraments, saints, the Virgin Mary, and the profound mysteries of the Catholic faith.
blessedness of a soul that has arrived at union with God. The Canticle was composed during the long imprisonment St. John underwent at Toledo from the beginning of December 1577 till the middle of August of the following year.
St. John of the Cross is considered one of Spanish literature’s most important poets, and his works have been translated many times since his death. In the 20th century, poets John Frederick Nims and Willis Barnstone translated the poetry of St. John of the Cross into English.
'allowing the soul to remain in peace and quietness,' content 'with a peaceful and loving attentiveness toward God.'8 Before long it will experience enkindlings of love (Chapter xi), which will serve to purify its sins and imperfections and draw it gradually nearer to God; we have here, as it were, so many stages of the ascent of the Mount on whose
Dark Night of the Soul. Author: John of the Cross. THE DARK NIGHT. An explanation of the stanzas describing a soul's conduct along the spiritual road that leads to the perfect union with God through love, insofar as it is attainable in this life.
