The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross (includes The Ascent of Mount Carmel, The Dark Night, The Spiritual Canticle, The Living Flame of Love, Letters, and The Minor Works)
John of the Cross’s major works and shorter writings explore purification, contemplative prayer, and union with God in poetry and prose.
Prayer & Spiritual Life
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Reading level: Demanding
Reading guides
Source notes & edition details
Bishop Robert Barron
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Brandon Vogt
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Fr. John Hardon
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Related works & collections
Ascent of Mount Carmel
Individual selection from the reading guide.
Dark Night of the Soul
Individual selection from the reading guide.
Explore the themes
spiritual dryness contemplation union with GodOriginal catalog editions
ICS Publications (2010), Edition: Revised, 814 pages
The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross (includes The Ascent of Mount Carmel, The Dark Night, The Spiritual Canticle, The Living Flame of Love, Letters, and The Minor Works)