In Catholic spirituality, spiritual dryness or desolation is a lack of spiritual consolation in one's spiritual life. It is a form of spiritual crisis experienced subjectively as a sense of separation from God or lack of spiritual feeling, especially during contemplative prayer. It is thought[by whom?] that spiritual dryness can lead to greater love of God.[1]
^ Augustin Poulain (1913). "Mystical Theology". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
(CCC) describes spiritualdryness as a difficulty sometimes experienced in one's prayer life, which may lead to discouragement. Dryness can expose a lack...
temporal, and spiritual, which are ordained for its comfort. It sees itself in the midst of the opposite evils, miserable imperfections, dryness and emptiness...
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who called it a "night of nothingness") had similar experiences of spiritualdryness. According to James Langford, these doubts were typical and would...
year after his death. In the words of Pope Benedict XVI: The richness of spiritual teaching contained in the Sermons was so great that in 1946 Venerable...
early years, he agonized about whether these prophetic abilities were spiritually delivered. In 1900, Cayce formed a business partnership with his father...
while other groups argued for a fully divine Jesus that was more like a spiritual apparition (docetism). The Chalcedonian doctrine that prevailed was that...
abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their practices or continue...
and perfect knowledge which is higher than human ... even upon those spiritual objects." (Stromata 6. 8) The Church historian Eusebius suggested in his...
in the 1940s, the previous decade was widely viewed as a time of spiritualdryness, when healings and other miraculous phenomena were perceived as being...
ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in ultimate or...
pondering of its meaning, was their meditation. This spiritual practice is called "divine reading" or "spiritual reading" – i.e. lectio divina. Benedict wrote...
hardship and simplicity in the desert, where he also experienced spiritualdryness that included temptations to despair. Beset by carnal thoughts, he...
hut next to the Porziuncola. Here he spent his last days dictating his spiritual testament. He died on the evening of Saturday, 3 October 1226, singing...
in a Greek milieu and a common vocabulary was used in philosophical, spiritual and theological writing. However, the meanings of words sometimes evolved...
this way his regular prayer to the Holy Spirit, in accordance with the spiritual recommendations of John Henry Newman (1801–1880) and Arnold Janssen (1837–1909)...
preaching and teaching of Meister Eckhart, and especially his Dominican spiritual heirs, the preacher John Tauler and the writer Henry Suso. An influence...
century and derives from the Greek ἐσωτερικός (esôterikos, "inner"). These spiritual currents share some common features, such as heterodox or heretical Christian...
Ignatius paid particular attention to the spiritual formation of his recruits and recorded his method in the Spiritual Exercises (1548). In time, the method...
this movement was to reform the Church structurally and to renew it spiritually. The Spanish mystics attempted to express in words their experience of...
sculpture by Josep Llimona Desolate (video game), a 2019 video game Spiritualdryness, a concept in Catholic spirituality also known as desolation This...
a perfect contemplative. Moses proved to be effective as a prophetic spiritual leader. The abbot ordered the brothers to fast during a particular week...
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Augustin Poulain (1913). "Mystical Theology". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
