THE SPIRITUAL CANTICLE (Spanish: Cántico Espiritual), is one of the gretest poetic works of our holy father and Spanish mystical poet, St. John of the Cross.
The full title is SPIRITUAL CANTICLE OF THE SOUL AND THE BRIDEGROOM OF CHRIST.
St John of the Cross, the Doctor of the Church, wrote this poem as an expression of his burning love for God.
In THE SPIRITUAL CANTICLE St. John of the Cross tries to explain the mystical process that follows the soul until it reaches its union with God. In order to get this, the poet uses an allegory: the search of the husband (Christ) by the wife (the human soul). It is about divine union – the stanzas between the soul and the bridegroom. St. John tries to provide an explanation for the mystical process that follows the soul until it reaches its union with God.
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