Sentences with phrase «one's dark night of the soul»

We see it as a weakness, something we should hide from others and deal with alone in dark nights of the soul.

I had to deal with my own near - death, which is a classic dark night of the soul experience.

We encounter it in dark nights of the soul.

The local elections and AV referendum might turn into a welcome dark night of the soul for the Lib Dems, forcing them to distance themselves much further from their coalition allies and opening up a dialogue with voters which could conceivably have an impact by the next general election.

Haunted by visions of Alice with another man, William embarks on a long dark night of the soul during which he's repeatedly confronted by sexual temptation.

Roger's long dark night of the soul reveals a character whose deep flaws prove that those who can't, teach, making him compulsively watchable and excruciatingly entertaining.

[41] John of the Cross Dark Night of the Soul 1.10.

I suggest reading St.John of the Cross — Dark night of the soul as this is most likely what is happening.

Maybe dark nights of the soul are actually brilliant days of refining fire!

Schrader locates online Christianity Today's review of «First Reformed,» which is entitled ««First Reformed» imagines a stunning dark night of the soul.»

Charlie's long, dark night of the soul gets characterized as his «defining moment,» and he slowly gathers the chutzpah to define that moment on his own terms.

Descended from a long line of New England Brahmins and spiritual seekers (including Ralph Waldo Emerson), Forbes writes about her own dark night of the soul with grace and hard - earned wisdom.

On view at the Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles May 30 — July 11, 2009 Opening Reception, Saturday May 30, 5 — 7 pm Dark Night of the Soul began when Danger Mouse, who has been a fan of Lynch's for many years, approached the filmmaker -LSB-...]

Ethan Hawke, as an ailing reverend who undergoes an extended long dark night of the soul, is revelatory.

The Dark Night of the Soul is universally understood as a period of spiritual desolation and utter despair.

Others think this is the introduction to a dark night of the soul and for others, they hit this wall and just sort of putter out — and that's it.

No, not because of the afflicted souls who haunt his verse, or because of the despairs and demons of the dark night of the soul that lace The Sleep of Reason, but rather because he thinks that we won't acknowledge these things sufficiently.

I like the idea that St. John of the Cross had about the «dark night of the soul».

At this point, one could go into detail into what the ancient mystics poetically termed «The Dark Night of the Soul» or how God's silence is a divine strategy to draw us closer to Him.

in the dark night of the soul, no soul left.

I think this is why the moon plays a significant role in this story: it is the dark night of the soul.

The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross

What they call the dark night of the soul may feel as endlessly black as the limitless cosmos — but darkness isn't God, darkness isn't infinite.

[32] John of the Cross (1542 - 1591) Dark Night of the Soul» 1.1.

Some refer to it as «the dark night of the soul.»

(See my Dark Night of the Soul for a more extended treatment than is possible here.)

Even St. John of the Cross's «dark night of the soul» lies intermediate between the presence of God and a total union with the Godhead.

This gesture brought comfort in his dark nights of the soul.

If we really could believe that «God will vindicate his elect, who cry unto him day and night» (Luke 18:7), then our secret prayer would not constitute a dark night of the soul, just as our inspired confidence in God's deliverance would render moot any temptation to merely human eloquence.

I felt that I could stay because it was okay to go through what you call, «the dark night of the soul.»

Is not Christ on the cross suffering the dark night of the soul because of oppression?

«Dark Night of the Soul» — I was thinking the same thing Jeremy.

Thanks David — I find it reassuring that what might be called deconstruction today could also be considered to be a «Dark night of the Soul».

I left the church because there are days when I'm not sure I believe in God, and no one told me that «dark nights of the soul» can be part of the faith experience.

I wonder if you have read St. John of the Cross and «Dark night of the Soul» and if you have if you you perceive some similarities between this and «deconstruction» with a process of union to love.

Yes I've read St. John of the Cross» Dark Night of the Soul.

You are experiencing a winter in your relationship with God, a time that some have called «the dark night of the soul.»

Last night in the meditation group I go to I was listening to a short talk on the «Dark night of the Soul».

The term «dark night of the soul» is a phrase penned by Carmelite John of the Cross, in the 16th century.

Have you ever experienced a «Dark Night of the Soul»?

So what is the dark night of the soul?

Years after her death, biographers have revealed that Mother Teresa's suffering was an experience of the dark night of the soul.

What is happening in the dark night of the soul?

The dark night of the soul has become commonplace in the culture and in Christian circles, but the origins of the term and the experience it's trying to name are not as well known.

The dark night of the soul is actually a common experience in the Christian life and can occur throughout a person's faith journey.