Year 2: Jackie, Jo Ann
Month | Session | Content |
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July | Session One | Who John is, overview, and terminology |
August | Session Two | Disordered desires and inordinate appetites greatly hinder one's prayer life |
September | Session Three | The harm that inordinate appetites cause in the soul |
October | Session Four | Understanding "voluntary" and "natural" appetites. Freedom from all voluntary appetites, even the smallest, is necessary to attain divine union. |
November | Session Five | Counsels and methods on how to overcome miseries - inordinate appetites and desires; how to enter the "night of the sense" |
December | Season Six | Counsels and methods - continued |
January | Season Seven | Counsels and methods - continued |
February | Sessions Eight & Nine | Purification of the intellect by the practice of faith. Explanation of the nature of union with God |
March | Session Ten | Growth in prayer - the point of departure for the means, which is faith, hope, and love |
April | Session Eleven | The impediments and harm caused by different apprehensions arising from objects supernaturally and the proper conduct of the spiritual persons in their regard |
May | Session Twelve | Meditation to contemplation (the passive night of sense) - recognizing the signs of contemplation |
June | Community Ritual Retreat |