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    The Jewels of Darkness: My Spiritual Journey
    The Jewels of Darkness: My Spiritual Journey
    The Jewels of Darkness: My Spiritual Journey
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    The Jewels of Darkness: My Spiritual Journey

    By Mary Elizabeth OCDS

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    This book is about love, beauty, God, and the soul, a spiritual journey of transformation whereby the insights given into God, Jesus, and Mary, the Mother of God, are like precious jewels. Mary Elizabeth lives in England and is a secular member of the Order of Carmelites Discalced.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSweetspire Literature Management LLC
    Release dateApr 9, 2022
    ISBN9798985909234
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    Mary Elizabeth OCDS

    Mary Elizabeth lives in England and is a Secular member of the Order of Carmelites Discalced.

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      The Jewels of Darkness - Mary Elizabeth OCDS

      Foreword

      This is a beautiful book. Like precious jewels these poems shine and sparkle and are a real ‘sursum corda’ to the spirit…a source of healing and inspiration to people of all classes on their journey through life. This is a book that soothes the mind, gives joy to the soul and enriches the spirit based as they are on Faith and Truth. A rich legacy that comes from an intimate blending of learning and life.

      A beautiful book.

      Father Ambrose McNamee, O.C.D.

      Introduction

      I write this introduction in Lourdes, this great place of love and healing, where the presence of Our Lady and Our Lord is tangible in the atmosphere, the Masses, the prayers and in the pilgrims whose love and compassion for one another reveals Jesus and His Beloved Mother working amongst us.

      Over 30 years ago I was searching for God, for a deeper experience and while the beauty of the life of consecration and spiritual union was revealed so was the path to this. I was horrified. I was confronted with the way of the Cross. This was a mystical experience and one of which I was very afraid. But naturally, when the Light of God shines on the soul our spiritual darkness -which needs transformation- is revealed. With God’s grace comes responsibility for this spiritual help. We either respond or we do not. God is, however, very patient with our slowness to respond - and merciful to our faults.

      The journey I undertook was both beautiful and, at times, very painful. Yet it was through the suffering (and cleansing) that some of the beauty was revealed. It wasn’t all pain though!!

      These reflections came before, after prayer or independently. I just had to

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