Saint John of the Cross | The Dark Night of the Soul – A noite escura da alma

“In a dark night, / With anxious love inflamed, / Oh, happy chance!”Arrested and tortured for his beliefs, during his time in prison Saint John of the Cross experienced a spiritual awakening. The Spanish carmelite friar and Christian mystic outpoured his words of encouragement and longing for union with God in mystical poetry and writings. He died in the late-sixteenth century and was canonized in 1726. Considered one the most important poets in Spanish literature, his works have been widely ...