John Of The Cross (Saints By Our Side) - George P. Evans

by George P. Evans

Accessible biography of John of the Cross that helps readers understand the life and thought of this beloved Carmelite saint.

Saint John of the Cross was a Carmelite priest, poet, theologian, spiritual director, and a leader in his religious order. He became one of the world's foremost experts on the dynamics of making progress in faith, prayer, and love. John lived in our world with his own hopes and worries, stories and struggles, temptations and talents, and in so doing he let God's love fill him. By means of this biography readers will have the opportunity to learn about and perhaps experience God's grace in new ways.

John's early life was characterized by extreme poverty that led to malnutrition. At age 21, he entered a Carmelite monastery; from his few years of study, John advanced a view of the human person as created with the capacity to know and encounter God and grow in greater union with God.