Contemplatives in the market place

It is all the cross ...is the essence of Paul of the Cross' spirituality...

God, Giver without gift, is blessing us, as we live the mystery of Christ's passion in entering the depths of your own passion... and as with Lucy,

"Jesus is holding you crucified with himself ...by means of your suffering... your soul is becoming like a crystal, in which the light of the Divine Sun shines..." ~Paul of the Cross to Lucy Burlini (Burlini's 2nd letter on August 9, 1749 in Vol. 2 on Page 179 for Paul's Letter 662)

Christ' cross is the light in our darkness...

and as Paul of the Cross wrote to Thomas

“…That is what God wishes of you, that is, that you be burnt up by the fire of trials, and then from these ashes will come a spark of the fire of love that will inflame everything…” ~Paul of the Cross to Thomas Fossi – 7th letter on December 12, 1738 in Vol. 1 on Page 247 for Paul's Letter 202)