tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post4555235329322889438..comments2023-09-04T08:51:16.091-06:00Comments on Hermano Juancito: Stirring the spark into flameJohn (Juancito) Donaghyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-15513095286503551312012-08-01T20:33:35.540-06:002012-08-01T20:33:35.540-06:00Brackley's book is extremely good. I can also ...Brackley's book is extremely good. I can also recommend "Ignatius of Loyola. Spiritual Exercises and Selected Works" (G. E. Ganss, ed., 1991, Paulist Press) for those interested in Ignatius' life and methods. Ignatius' contemplation was more kataphatic, while Brackley was more apophatic. But the two agreed that we learn from both pleasant and unpleasant spiritual experiences and should not seek one or the other. <br /><br />This idea traces back perhaps to the desert father Evagrius, who saw all beings, whether angels, devils, or humans as progressions on a ladder toward God. If one keeps on bumping into devils, it's a hint one is traveling the wrong direction, whereas the more angels one finds, the more apt one is to be on the right track. But even pleasant spiritual experiences can mislead one. <br /><br />But this is doubtless familiar material for Dr. Brother John anything. :-)Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761044906837521471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-16915048589739374452012-07-31T10:15:25.217-06:002012-07-31T10:15:25.217-06:00Here's a link to a short biography of St. Igna...Here's a link to a short biography of St. Ignatius Loyola: http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=5267John (Juancito) Donaghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.com