Current State of Catholic Prophecy

Today as I was reading Spirit Daily, Michael Brown’s website, I came upon a lengthy, but certainly worthwhile article in which the blogger, Daniel O’Connor, a Divine Will Missionary of Mercy, analyses and advises us on the current state of Catholic Prophecy.  He does an excellent job of summarizing the current state of things and offers helpful advice.  I present the link here for you:  https://dsdoconnor.com/2017/01/24/aligning-our-expectations-with-the-prophetic-consensus/

“Ascent of Mt. Carmel” — St. John of the Cross

Today, as I reflected again on an earlier post, “Threads of Attachments” I came again upon this wonderful illustration of St. John of the Cross–it illustrates so well the post, but is so rich, it is worthy of much reflection in itself.  First, let me share the illustration–not so easy to read, but worth the effort:

The following verses were written by St. John of the Cross, the Spanish mystic of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, after having spent many months imprisoned in a small cell in Toledo, in 1578. These verses are from his drawing “The Ascent of Mount Carmel,” which contained instructions for climbing to the summit, the high state of union:

To reach satisfaction in all
desire its possession in nothing.

To come to the knowledge of all
desire the knowledge of nothing.

To come to possess all
desire the possession of nothing.

To arrive at being all
desire to be nothing.

To come to the pleasure which you have not
you must go by a way in which you enjoy not.

To come to the knowledge which you have not
you must go by a way in which you know not.

To come to the possession you have not
you must go by a way in which you possess not.

To come to be what you are not
you must go by a way in which you are not.

When you turn toward something
you cease to cast yourself upon the all.

For to go from the all to the all
you must leave yourself in all.

And when you come to the possession of the all
you must possess it without wanting anything.

In this nakedness the spirit finds
its quietude and rest.

For in coveting nothing,
nothing raises it up
and nothing weighs it down,
because it is the center of its humility.