Saint
Saint John of the Cross
- Country / origin
- Spain
- Life
- 1542 – 1591
- Feast
- 14 December
- Canonised
- 1726
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
Carmelite friar and poet who worked with Teresa of Ávila for the reform of the Carmelites. Doctor of the Church.
Patron of
- mystics
- contemplatives
- Spanish poets
When to ask for intercession
- in the dark night of faith
- when God seems absent
A short prayer
Saint John of the Cross, intercede for me in the dark nights, that I may trust that God is leading me to himself.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
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