Bøger udgivet af Leonard Doohan

The Living Flame of Love describes the goal of the spiritual journey. It is the final part of John of the Cross' vision of the spiritual life. It describes the transformation experienced and the quality of love that becomes more intensified at this time. This is a book for everyone including those who have not reached these later stages of spiritual life, for its vision fills readers with enthusiasm for the goal and with motivation for the journey.

This is an introduction to The Spiritual Canticle by John of the Cross. It gives all the necessary background for anyone who wishes to approach this great spiritual work with appropriate preparation in order to reap the benefits of one of the most challenging works in the history of spirituality. The book starts with the life of John of the Cross, showing how he was always a model of love in his own life, and how, guided by his own experience he became a teacher of human and divine love. While the Spiritual Canticle is Johns greatest love poem, there are others and so we examine his work and ministry as a poet of human and divine love. The book provides the needed historical, religious, and personal background to appreciate and locate its content. The book then presents the links between John's Spiritual Canticle and Scripture's love poem, the Song of Songs. A summary of John's own work brings readers in direct contact with the challenges of the message and its application today. With these preparations in mind the book moves on to present the stages of the spiritual life and the importance of the journey of love. The book then focuses on key concepts in the Spiritual Canticle, applying each of them to contemporary situations. Finally it considers the images of God presented in the book and how they relate to the spiritual journey.

This is an introduction, a study guide to the Dark Night of the Soul by John of the Cross. It gives all the necessary background for anyone who wishes to approach this great spiritual work with appropriate preparation in order to reap the benefits of one of the most challenging works in the history of spirituality. This book is a complete introduction to John of the Cross' book of the Dark Night. There is no such book available at present, even though interest in the writings and spirituality of John of the Cross have never been so pronounced. The book starts with the life of John of the Cross, identifying the dark nights of his own life. It provides the needed historical, religious, and personal background to appreciate and locate its content. It then presents readers with aids they can use to understand the work. With these preparations in mind the book moves on to present the stages of the spiritual life and the importance of the nights. A summary of John's own work brings readers in direct contact with the challenges of the message and its application today. The book ends with 20 key questions that often arise when someone reads this book. Throughout the book the reader is encouraged to develop the necessary attitudes, enthusiasm, spiritual sensitivity, and contemplative spirit needed in anyone who wishes to benefit from this spiritual masterpiece of John of the Cross.

This unique book is written as if John of the Cross is speaking directly to the reader. It is a presentation by John of the Cross of seven sessions to a reader who has expressed interest in John's life and teachings. This book introduces the great mystic and his teachings to his reader and to all individuals who yearn for a deeper commitment in their spiritual lives and consider that John could be the person who can guide them. The seven sessions focus on the following: 1. John's life as a contemporary life not unlike what many seekers have to face today. No matter the difficulties John faced, he kept his focus on the call of God, and suggests the reader must do the same. 2. John as a spiritual guide, highlighting the ways he guided people in his own day, continues to do so today, and is willing to do so for the reader. 3. John's vision of the spiritual life which he offers to the reader as a full-package deal, urging the reader to accept the whole system and not just dabble with parts of it. 4. John suggest to his reader a series of preparations for the spiritual journey, suggesting four key ideas. 5. John singles out six important moments in the spiritual journey and how his reader ought to respond to these important turning points. 6. John selects seven important attitudes that his reader will need during the journey. 7. In a final session, John of the Cross urges the reader to keep his or her eye on the goal and end of the journey, suggests helpful ways of getting there, and stresses the value of celebrating the achievements of the journey.