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- Title: Love Awakened by Love: The Liberating Ascent of Saint John of the Cross
- Author : Mark O'Keefe, O.S.B.
- Release Date : January 15, 2014
- Genre: Christianity,Books,Religion & Spirituality,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1663 KB
Description
A skilled moral theologian, Benedictine Father Mark O’Keefe leads God-seekers to focus attention on St. John of the Cross’s teaching in The Ascent of Mount Carmel: The essence of the spiritual journey is union with God through the practice of the virtues, especially faith, hope, and love. It‘s virtuous living that enables us to truly love God and be conformed to God in divine union.
For St. John, religious “experiences” are not the essence of the spiritual journey at all, nor is asceticism for its own sake. John’s emphasis on the nada is to lead us to liberating emptiness -- authentic human freedom-- that equips us to be filled with the divine life. At the journey’s summit, we find the God who is Love.
This book is an insightful companion to The Ascent of Mount Carmel. Ideal for personal and group study, Carmelite formation, college courses, and a must for every library. This book won second place in the annual CPA (Catholic Publishers Award) Program in 2015.
About the Author
Mark O'Keefe, OSB, is a Benedictine monk and priest of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana. He is associate professor of Moral Theology at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology and from 1996–2008 was its president-rector. He holds a doctorate in sacred theology, with specialization in moral theology, from The Catholic University of America. Father O’Keefe is the author of nine books on moral theology, Christian ethics, and the priesthood, as well as numerous other published works. He has also served as a pastor, and since 1987 has been a medical ethics consultant for Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Indiana. His interest in Carmelite spirituality, especially its great teachers, St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila, has led him to specialized studies in Avila, Spain, over the course of several years.