The Will, The Intellect, and the Secret Knowledge of Love
Discover how true prayer moves beyond intellectual concepts and spiritual consolations into the profound, silent love of the will.
Podcast
The complete archive of the Midnight Carmelite podcast. Find all episodes dedicated to exploring Carmelite spirituality and building a consistent daily prayer life
The Reality of Spiritual Perfection
Often we carry around a paralyzing misconception of what it means to be perfect. True perfection is not a state of immediate flawlessness but a steadfast and continuous desire to serve God and do His will.
The Road to Perfection: What It Actually Means (S11EP19)
Discover what spiritual perfection truly means through the wisdom of the saints and the true meaning of Christ's finished work on the cross.
Midnight Compass: Embracing the Poverty of Christ
In our fallen nature, we fear deprivation and cling to comforts. Learn how Christ's willing poverty offers the perfect remedy, calling us to detach from fleeting desires and embrace the glorious freedom of a child of God.
Overcoming Fear Through Christ's Poverty (S11EP18)
Discover how Christ's life and choices reveal the path to spiritual freedom and help us overcome our deepest fears.
The Chisel of the Craftsman
The friction you endure during unpleasant circumstances isn't a signal to fight back—it's a profound invitation to let the Master Craftsman shape your soul.
The Craftsmen of Your Holiness: Embracing Silence (S11EP17)
Discover why St. John of the Cross advises silence in the face of adversity, and learn to view your everyday struggles as craftsmen chiseling you into a saint.
The Comfortable Darkness: Dismantling Spiritual Pride
Discover how spiritual pride creates a comfortable darkness for the ego to hide, and learn the practical steps to detach from your spiritual resume so you can receive God's wisdom like an unlearned child.
The Shadow of Our Own Greatness (S11EP16)
Struggling with spiritual pride? We examine the theology of detachment to help you navigate the Dark Night of the Soul. Listen now.
The Mode of the Receiver: The Purgation of Your Soul
The exhaustion in your prayer is not spiritual regression, but the normative friction of an ens compositum enduring the active engagement of its lower appetites (tendentiarum initur pugna).
Detachment and the Mode of the Receiver (S11EP15)
Struggling with sensory attachments? We examine the theology of discursive meditation to help you navigate the Dark Night of the Soul. Listen now.
Self-love and the Illusion of Spiritual Peace
The desire to eradicate one's moral and spiritual faults can frequently mask a deeper attachment to psychological comfort. When the motivation for virtue is personal tranquility rather than union with God, the pursuit of perfection becomes corrupted by self-love (philautia).