Nada

The word nada or nothing in English is used to summarize the whole doctrine of our holy father St. John of the Cross. The core of St. John of the Cross' teaching is “nada, nada, nada!” Basically, it means that “nothing, nothing, nothing” other than God.

Only when the soul is reduced to nothing, the highest degree of humility, will the spiritual union with God be accomplished. Thus the concept of 'nothingness' or nada is in all the writings of St. John of the Cross.

THE NADA DOCTRINE

According to St. John of the Cross and other Catholic mystics, nada is the first law for successful contemplative prayer and for becoming a saint. Put simply, the Nada Doctrine states: You can allow nothing to come between you and God or between your will and His will for you. We need to ask ourselves, if we are not saints, what stands in the way of putting the Nada Doctrine into effect in our lives?