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Unit Three: Saints and Mystics of the Second Millennium

Unit Three: Saints and Mystics of the Second Millennium. Theology 12 Catholic Spirituality Mr. Phillips. St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226). Son of a ________________ _______________ ______________ Life as a ________________ – beginnings of _________________

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Unit Three: Saints and Mystics of the Second Millennium

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  1. Unit Three:Saints and Mystics ofthe Second Millennium Theology 12 Catholic Spirituality Mr. Phillips

  2. St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) • Son of a ________________ _______________ ______________ • Life as a ________________ – beginnings of _________________ • Meeting a ________________ along the road • Voice of Christ in church of San Damiano: “__________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________.” • ____________________ his father; re-built churches on his own • Attracted several early _____________________ • Embraced _________________; wrote a __________; accepted by Innocent III; order grew quickly • Met ______________; helped her start order for women

  3. St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) • Trip to ____________ and ___________ _____________ • Christmas _______________(nativity scene) • Mount ________________; ______________ • Died October 3, 1226 • Canonized in _________ • ______________ built; remains kept there

  4. St. Catherine of Siena (1347 – 1380) • ______________ of ____________________ children • Father a ____________ ______________ • Became a Dominican ____________________ • Three years of ____________________: • Time of great _________________ with God • God asked her to leave: “On _______ _________ you must walk my way.” • Nursed sick; cared for _____________ in Siena • Letter 273 • Became a ___________________ between families and cities • Christ as ___________________ • Called Jesus the “_________________”

  5. St. Catherine of Siena (1347 – 1380) • Went to ________________ to talk to Pope Gregory XI • Came to _______________ at request of Pope Urban VI • Died at age ______ • Canonized in ________ • Declared ______________ of the Church in __________ • Writings:

  6. Catherine’s Spiritual Theology • Self-knowledge • “Gentle ________________” of God • Our _______________ and our _______________________ • Images: • ___________ of self-knowledge • ___________ of self-knowledge

  7. St. Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582) • Parents had ___________ marriage; father very ____________ • Mother __________ when Teresa was 15; Teresa sent to _____________ • Entered the _________________ at age 20 • Led a ________________ religious life • At age 39, she began to experience ________________ prayer • Sought to ______________ Carmelites • Founded _________________ Carmelites in 1562 • ________ convents founded in her lifetime • Reform expanded to Carmelite ___________

  8. St. Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582) • Three great works: • Gifted __________ • Died in 1582; canonized in ___________ • Declared ____________of the Church in __________ (with Catherine of Siena)

  9. Stages of the Life of Prayer The Four Waters (from The Life) • From a : vocal prayer and discursive meditation • : beginnings of recollection (contemplation) • : mystical; faculties centered on God • : Prayer of Union; no human effort Main Point:

  10. St. John of the Cross (1542 – 1591) • Father __________ in John’s youth; mother and brothers lived in _________________ • Went to a ______________ school, but entered the ___________________ (professed in 1564) • Attracted to a more ______________ lifestyle; met ___________________________; joined her reform (__________________ Carmelites) • _____________________ by calced Carmelites: • Severe ___________________ in tiny cell • Wrote ___________________ in prison • ___________________ after 9 months

  11. St. John of the Cross (1542 – 1591) • Writings of John of the Cross: • Died in 1591; canonized in __________ • Declared ____________ of the Church in ______

  12. The “Doctrine of Nada” in St. John of the Cross (From The Ascent of Mount Carmel) • Nada (Spanish) = _______________ • _________________ from all desires • Two “___________ ______________”: • Dark Night of the__________________ • The darkness (____________________) one experiences when giving up attachment to worldly desires • Eventually gives way to ______________ • Dark Night of the________________ • _________________ stops bringing any consolation • Total “_________________”; as if God has left you • Sign of spiritual _______________, not decline • Desire God for God _______________, not for what God gives you • Many saints experience this for _______________

  13. St. Therese of Lisieux (1873 - 1897) • Mother died when Therese was _______ • Believed she had a special gift for _________________ • Asked ____________ to enter Carmelites at age ______; entered at age ________ • ______________ religious life • Father died when Therese was ________ • At age 23 began to cough up ______________; diagnosed with ____________________

  14. St. Therese of Lisieux (1873 - 1897) • Her autobiography – _____________________ • Died at age 24 • Canonized in ________; Co-patron of ________________ • Declared ______________ of the Church in _________

  15. “To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul." “You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.” The “Little Way” of St. Therese “Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.” “True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbor’s faults, never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.”

  16. Dorothy Day (1897 – 1980) • Baptized ____________________, but rejected Christianity in _______________ • Protester and journalist for _______________ causes • ___________________ led her to conversion; became Catholic in ____________ • Founded the __________________________movement in 1933 • Received numerous awards for her work with the ____________ and her promotion of _______________ • Died in 1980; declared “______________ of God” in _______

  17. Bl. Teresa of Calcutta (1910 – 1997) • Born in _________________ • Father died at age ________ • Entered the Sisters of _____________ at age 18; received name Sr. Mary Teresa; sent to ________________ to teach (1931) • Became ________________ in 1944 • Described her time with the Sisters of Loreto as “a time of profound _________________” • September 10, 1946 – Her “________ within a ___________” on a train ride

  18. Bl. Teresa of Calcutta (1910 – 1997) • Founded new order: the _____________________ _____ ____________________ (1948) • Joined by many of her former _________________; order grew quickly • Served the “__________________ of the Poor” throughout the world • Gained international fame through 1971 documentary ___________________________________________ • Over ___________ members in ________ countries • Died in 1997; beatified in ___________

  19. Mother Teresa’s “Dark Night” • Spiritual ________________ from about 1948 onward • God seemed _________________ • Revealed ______________________ in some private writings

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