St. John of the Cross (Juan de Yepes y Álvarez) (1542-1591) was a Spanish poet and Catholic mystic and priest. A member of the Carmelite order and one of the 36 Doctors of the Church, he is commonly ...
Some of the most soaring religious poetry ever written was composed by a tiny 16th Century Spanish monk called Juan de la Cruz—John of the Cross. From his bald head to the soles of his sandals, John ...
SAINTS & ART: From his mystical poetry to his unique sketch of Christ Crucified, St. John of the Cross reveals the beauty of suffering in union with God. Left: Antoine Ranc, “St. John of the Cross in ...
On The Spring that Feeds the Torrent by St. John of the Cross, translated by Rhina Espaillat. Mystical religious poetry is notoriously difficult to translate. It plumbs the depths of a particular ...
During the tumult of cross-country house moves, a good friend and I decided to study the Bible in a Year with Father Mike Schmitz. The following year, together we studied under his Catechism in a Year ...
Among the most famous friendships in the history of Christianity is the one between Teresa of Ávila and her fellow Carmelite, Juan, later known as San Juan de la Cruz (or most commonly in English, ...
St. John of the Cross, sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite priest and Doctor of the Church, is one of Christianity's outstanding spiritual teachers. This lecture traces his development as poet, mystic ...
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