ASCENT OF MOUNT CARMEL - ST JOHN OF THE CROSS Saint by Name_St. Sebastian While the secular world holds

While the secular world holds the mistaken belief that hunger for infinity can be satisfied by an infinity of material things

and embarked on a ship to Mexico in 1749

a strong interior life is a perequisite

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repenting of their sins and attaining freedom from Satan's power

ASCENT OF MOUNT CARMEL - ST JOHN OF THE CROSS Saint by Name_St. Sebastian While the secular world holdsSan Juan De La Cruz (St. John of the Cross) (1542 1591) joined the Carmelite Order in Spain when he was twenty one. Living in a time of great religious controversy, he was kidnapped and imprisoned an experience of deep suffering that formed the basis for much of his writing.