Tag: St. John of the Cross

  • Is Moral Masochism At The Heart of Religion?

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    Daniela
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    A friend once encouraged me to read the writings of St. John of the Cross, a Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic Saint, as a way to gain spiritual insight. At the time, I rather callously dismissed the book and St. John’s teachings.  What put me off completely was a passage in which St. John abjectly…