This episode introduces a hidden work of Saint John of the Cross known as his Sayings of Light and Love. These potent spiritual maxims help to calibrate our souls toward contemplative prayer that becomes union with God.

To read Saint John of the Cross' Sayings of Light and Love, go to https://thirdordercarmelite.wordpress.com/carmelite-feast-days/st-john-of-the-cross-priest-and-doctor/sayings-of-light-and-love-st-john-of-the-cross/

To listen to an audio blog post on My Interior Castle about the Carmelite tradition of prayer, go to https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/blog/the-carmelite-tradition-of-prayer

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To read the Wallenfangs' 2021 book on Carmelite spirituality, visit https://www.amazon.com/Shoeless-Carmelite-Spirituality-Disquieted-World-ebook/dp/B098BD814F/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1677968671&sr=8-4

To access The Shoeless Podcast by Donald and Megan Wallenfang, go to https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/the-shoeless-podcast

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This episode reverently approaches the permanent Jewish origins of Christianity. Interreligious dialogue is presented as a vital task for Catholic theology today.

To read the Second Vatican Council document Nostra aetate, see https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html

To read a blog post on My Interior Castle about Jewish-Christian dialogue, go to https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/blog/emmanuel-levinas-and-jewish-christian-dialogue

To read Dr. Wallenfang's 2022 book on the life and work of Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, visit https://www.amazon.com/Emmanuel-Levinas-Variations-God-Us-ebook/dp/B09V39ZXKB/ref=sr_1_4?crid=NBVLGFF9PLYC&keywords=donald+wallenfang&qid=1678283569&sprefix=%2Caps%2C366&sr=8-4

To read Dr. Wallenfang's 2019 book Evangelization as Interreligious Dialogue, go to https://www.amazon.com/Evangelization-Interreligious-Dialogue-Global-Perspectives-ebook/dp/B08129XQHX/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1678283635&sr=8-13

The following are excellent Catholic resources on Jewish-Christian dialogue:

http://www.christianunity.va/content/unitacristiani/en/commissione-per-i-rapporti-religiosi-con-l-ebraismo/commissione-per-i-rapporti-religiosi-con-l-ebraismo-crre/documenti-della-commissione/en.html

http://www.christianunity.va/content/unitacristiani/en/commissione-per-i-rapporti-religiosi-con-l-ebraismo/commissione-per-i-rapporti-religiosi-con-l-ebraismo-crre/documenti-della-commissione/en1.html

https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/guidelines-for-catholic-jewish-relations

https://www.usccb.org/prayer-worship/liturgical-year/triduum/questions-jews-judaism-triduum

https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/documents-produced-usccb-catholic-jewish-relations

https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/jewish

To access The Shoeless Podcast by Donald and Megan Wallenfang, go to https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/the-shoeless-podcast

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This episode ponders the prayer of recollection as taught by Saint Teresa of Ávila, as well as the contemplative genius of the child. Listeners will come to know the different types of prayer and learn how to strive for the beginning stages of contemplation.

To find out more about The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, visit https://www.cgsusa.org/

To read a blog post on My Interior Castle about the prayer of recollection, go to https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/blog/saint-teresa-of-avila-and-the-prayer-of-recollection

To listen to a previous podcast episode on The Interior Castle of Saint Teresa of Ávila, go to https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147744068

For a free self-paced online mini course of the art of praying with Scripture, see https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/offers/Rnosj7pR/checkout

To read the Wallenfangs' 2021 book on Carmelite spirituality, visit https://www.amazon.com/Shoeless-Carmelite-Spirituality-Disquieted-World-ebook/dp/B098BD814F/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1677968671&sr=8-4

To access The Shoeless Podcast by Donald and Megan Wallenfang, go to https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/the-shoeless-podcast

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This episode meditates on Saint Augustine's development of the doctrine of original sin through his metaphor of the City of God distinct from the city of Satan, the self, and nothingness.

To access the section of Saint Augustine's City of God featured in this episode, see https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102/npnf102.iv.XIV.13.html

For a previous podcast episode on the work of Saint Augustine, see https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147772114

For a free self-paced online mini course of the art of praying with Scripture, see https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/offers/Rnosj7pR/checkout

For Dr. Wallenfang's 2019 book introducing the philosophical school of classical metaphysics, go to https://www.amazon.com/Metaphysics-Introduction-Christian-Cascade-Companions-ebook/dp/B07Z6RZWV2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=R1SQ79Y6Z8QT&keywords=wallenfang&qid=1675969946&sprefix=wallenfang%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-3

To access The Shoeless Podcast by Donald and Megan Wallenfang, go to https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/the-shoeless-podcast

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This episode considers the possibility of being perfectly happy in this life. Surprising, Saint Thomas Aquinas argues that being perfectly happy in this life is simply not possible for a number of reasons.

To access the section of Saint Thomas' Summa theologiae featured in this episode, see https://ccel.org/ccel/aquinas/summa/summa.FS_Q2_A1.html

For a previous podcast episode on the Gospel of Jesus with Saint Thomas Aquinas, see https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147787591

For a previous podcast episode on the existence of God with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Edith Stein, see https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147768810

For Dr. Wallenfang's 2019 book introducing the philosophical school of classical metaphysics, go to https://www.amazon.com/Metaphysics-Introduction-Christian-Cascade-Companions-ebook/dp/B07Z6RZWV2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=R1SQ79Y6Z8QT&keywords=wallenfang&qid=1675969946&sprefix=wallenfang%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-3

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This episode explores who God revealed himself to be - a Trinity of Persons yet one God - with the help of Swiss Dominican theologian Gilles Emery.

To access Gilles Emery's book on the Trinity, see: https://www.amazon.com/Trinity-Introduction-Catholic-Doctrine-Triune-ebook/dp/B081DL8YYQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=332DGJ9L23WDS&keywords=emery+the+trinity&qid=1675969684&sprefix=emery+the+trinity%2Caps%2C110&sr=8-1

For a previous podcast episode on the existence of God with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Edith Stein, see: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147768810

For an interview with Gilles Emery, see: https://www.thomasinstitute.org/nws.php?nws_id=10

For a presentation by Gilles Emery on the self-emptying of God in Jesus, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgG85l6zOiw

For Dr. Wallenfang's 2019 book introducing the philosophical school of classical metaphysics, see: https://www.amazon.com/Metaphysics-Introduction-Christian-Cascade-Companions-ebook/dp/B07Z6RZWV2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=R1SQ79Y6Z8QT&keywords=wallenfang&qid=1675969946&sprefix=wallenfang%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-3

To access The Shoeless Podcast by Donald and Megan Wallenfang, go to: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/the-shoeless-podcast

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This episode introduces French Catholic philosopher Jean-Luc Marion's original concept of the erotic phenomenon, as well as his recuperation of the question of love within contemporary philosophy.

To access Jean-Luc Marion's book The Erotic Phenomenon, see: https://www.amazon.com/Erotic-Phenomenon-Jean-Luc-Marion/dp/0226505375/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=jean-luc+marion&qid=1675318172&sprefix=jean-luc+mar%2Caps%2C110&sr=8-8

For a previous podcast episode on the work of Jean-Luc Marion, see: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147738279

For Dr. Wallenfang's 2017 book Dialectical Anatomy of the Eucharist: An Étude in Phenomenology, with a Foreword by Jean-Luc Marion, see: https://www.amazon.com/Dialectical-Anatomy-Eucharist-%C3%89tude-Phenomenology-ebook/dp/B0733XSSGZ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1675318172&sr=8-41

For Dr. Wallenfang's 2019 book introducing the method of phenomenology, see: https://www.amazon.com/Phenomenology-Introduction-Christ-Cascade-Companions-ebook/dp/B07Z5H9NQ1/ref=d_pd_sbs_vft_none_sccl_1_4/143-2377842-2157244?pd_rd_w=Q4hz5&content-id=amzn1.sym.38bbd1de-73a5-4ef9-9954-df27c3112829&pf_rd_p=38bbd1de-73a5-4ef9-9954-df27c3112829&pf_rd_r=V436WFST6EKNYSQG1V5V&pd_rd_wg=PcuBA&pd_rd_r=b358987d-4b30-4f4f-b0ca-f0223fcba38a&pd_rd_i=B07Z5H9NQ1&psc=1

For a previous Catholic Fragments Podcast episode on phenomenology, go to: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147838800

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This episode highlights an excerpt about the "three ways of humility" from Saint Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Exercises.

To access the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola, see: https://ccel.org/ccel/ignatius/exercises/exercises

For a previous podcast episode on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola and his rules for discernment, see: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147764276

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For Dr. Wallenfang's 2021 book on Carmelite spirituality, that also treats the topic of humility from a Carmelite perspective, see: https://www.amazon.com/Shoeless-Carmelite-Spirituality-Disquieted-World-ebook/dp/B098BD814F/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1670392231&sr=8-1

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This episode features a few fragments from the Rule of Saint Benedict on the themes of balance, stability and obedience.

To access the Rule of Saint Benedict, see: https://christdesert.org/rule-of-st-benedict/

For a self-paced mini course on Lectio Divina and the Art of Praying with Scripture, see: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/offers/Rnosj7pR/checkout

For Dr. Wallenfang's 2021 book on Carmelite spirituality, see: https://www.amazon.com/Shoeless-Carmelite-Spirituality-Disquieted-World-ebook/dp/B098BD814F/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1670392231&sr=8-1

For a previous podcast episode on the Interior Castle of Saint Teresa of Ávila, see: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147744068

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This episode enters the mystical world of Saint John of the Cross and his contemplative description of God's graceful presence and the gift of death.

To access Dr. Wallenfang's 2021 book iGod, in which Saint John of the Cross' Spiritual Canticle is featured (chapter 7), see: https://www.amazon.com/iGod-Fragmentary-Autobiography-Donald-Wallenfang-ebook/dp/B09QGT77YL/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1672238240&sr=8-4

For Dr. Wallenfang's 2021 book on Carmelite spirituality, see: https://www.amazon.com/Shoeless-Carmelite-Spirituality-Disquieted-World-ebook/dp/B098BD814F/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1670392231&sr=8-1

For a self-paced mini course on Saint John of the Cross and the dark night of the soul, see: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/offers/oijqWzoc/checkout

For a previous podcast episode on Saint John of the Cross and the dark night of the soul, see: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147775841

For a previous podcast episode on the Interior Castle of Saint Teresa of Ávila, see: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147744068

For a previous podcast episode on the poetry of American Discalced Carmelite nun, Jessica Powers, see: https://www.myinteriorcastle.com/podcasts/catholic-fragments-podcast-2/episodes/2147831772

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