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Hannah
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 Posted - Dec 03 2007 : 10:36:46 PM
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Sparkle
Ireland
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Posted - Dec 03 2007 : 11:56:59 PM
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Hi Hannah
I have never seen St John of God but have been touched by his work through a friend William Johnston who wrote about him a lot.
These writings were extremely valuable to me at a time when no one semed to know anything about what was happening to me, I'm very grateful for this.
In fact looking him up on google I found the first book I discovered which opened up and made sense of a new world for me at the time.
http://books.google.ie/books?id=nJA...pFHDMw&prev=
Have you seen him yourself Hannah?
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Hannah
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Posted - Dec 05 2007 : 09:03:20 AM
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Hi Sparkle -
I have not seen him, but I understand that he can spiritually catapult you and I am wondering if he helps activate kundalini. I hear of awesome spiritual stories, but I cannot quite get them characterized very well, to my satisfaction at least!
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Originally posted by Sparkle
Hi Hannah
I have never seen St John of God but have been touched by his work through a friend William Johnston who wrote about him a lot.
These writings were extremely valuable to me at a time when no one semed to know anything about what was happening to me, I'm very grateful for this.
In fact looking him up on google I found the first book I discovered which opened up and made sense of a new world for me at the time.
http://books.google.ie/books?id=nJA...pFHDMw&prev=
Have you seen him yourself Hannah?
Louis
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Sparkle
Ireland
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Posted - Dec 07 2007 : 12:52:05 AM
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Hi Hannah
I was wondering if you are mixing up St John of God with St John of the Cross?
If it's John of the Cross you are into a whole other world. In fact when I saw your post initially I somehow thought of John of the Cross and William Johnston.
Here is a poem by St John of the Cross
Living Flame of Love
O living flame of love
that tenderly wounds my soul
in its deepest center! Since
now you are not oppressive,
now consummate! if it be your will:
tear through the veil of this sweet encounter!
O sweet cautery,
O delightful wound!
O gentle hand! O delicate touch
that tastes of eternal life
and pays every debt!
In killing, you changed death to life.
O lamps of fire!
in whose splendors
the deep caverns of feeling,
once obscure and blind,
now give forth, so rarely, so exquisitely,
both warmth and light to their Beloved.
How gently and lovingly
you wake in my heart,
where in secret you dwell alone;
and in your sweet breathing,
filled with good and glory,
how tenderly you swell my heart with love.
As it happens John of God and John of the Cross are both familiar to me for different reasons.
Just about half a mile from where I live is a St John of God Hospital, see here http://www.iol.ie/~stjog/index.htm
You will see a photo of the hospital on the website. To the right of the photo I got married in a small church in the grounds of the hospital.
This was a church where we would attend mass every month with a group of physically and mildy mentally challanged people. I used to strum a guitar to the voice of a beautiful singer at the mass.
This brings back such nice memories. The love felt at those masses was enormous. The challanged people are so in touch with God, many with so little ego.
It was at those meeting I met my wife, and we consequently got married, by special permission, in that same church.
It reminds me of the depth of my spiritual vow on the alter of that church.
Subsequently this beautiful little church has been demolished for apartment building.
The St John of God brother, Brother Raphael, who assisted in our marriage has since passed over(a beautiful man)
The priest who married us left the priesthood to marry his housemaid.
And yet our marriage still stands
Thanks for reminding me of those memories Hannah
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