FLAME IN THE NIGHT: Canticle of the Mountain (2015)

Mina, Macario Ofilada. Exploring the way of St John of the Cross. Institutum Carmelitanum Vacare Deo Volumen 25. 207pp PBK

This engaging work, written in a non-technical style, presents the relevance of the teachings of St. John of the Cross as a Way of Holiness for contemporary man. Making use of the principal symbols of the Carmelite Mystic: canticle, flame, dark night and mountain, the author engages in a dialogue with contemporary theology and spirituality, without undermining the contribution of Christian tradition and classical schools of thought in the interpretation of sanjuanist texts, in order to present a powerfully relevant and attractive spirituality for our times. It reveals a spirituality rooted in its Carmelite identity and open to the exigencies of the religious search of the present day...