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Hildebrand
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Corpus Cristi:
I could go on and on with this. If anyone wants to know what I am talking about should read “the Interior Castle” by St. Teresa of Avila and Father Dubay’s works on spirituality. St. John of the Cross is good too.
The Charismatic movement is great in getting sinners to convert. After that is where the problems arise. To get beyond the beginning stages of the spiritual life, you must get beyond the good feeling, the senses, etc that surround the early stages of a prayer life. The spiritual “candy” is great for keeping beginners in the state of grace. However, there is a point when further spiritual development is needed. The transfer to the contemplative prayer life is hampered by the Charismatic movement. The person involved in the Charismatic movement usually wants to stay in the comfort of the infancy stages. Beyond there is dark, unknown, uncertainty, dryness, etc. And I am talking about the night of the senses, not the night of the soul. After the night of the senses is a more “lofty” prayer life. The soul is slightly afraid because this prayer is new. If you want more clarifications, more detail, and want to know what is after this, reads the suggested books.
In summary, the Charismatic movement greatly effects people emotions, which is good for sinners, not too good for people seeking further development in the spiritual life.
(One danger of the Charismatic movement is what happens when a person no longer feels those powerful feelings and has a test of faith? Many can fall away because their faith was partly based on the emotions.)
The problem about the charismatic movement is it is based around feelings and emotion keeping people at a state of spiritual infancy.I would like to know what you people think about the charismatic movement. Since I’ve converted, I’ve been going to a charismatic catholic church for mass and prayer groups (not the parish I belong to or “registered under” though). I was raised in a pentecostal denomination, but it didn’t really appeal to me at the time. I’ve now been really drawn to that form of worship. What do all of you think of it?
I could go on and on with this. If anyone wants to know what I am talking about should read “the Interior Castle” by St. Teresa of Avila and Father Dubay’s works on spirituality. St. John of the Cross is good too.
The Charismatic movement is great in getting sinners to convert. After that is where the problems arise. To get beyond the beginning stages of the spiritual life, you must get beyond the good feeling, the senses, etc that surround the early stages of a prayer life. The spiritual “candy” is great for keeping beginners in the state of grace. However, there is a point when further spiritual development is needed. The transfer to the contemplative prayer life is hampered by the Charismatic movement. The person involved in the Charismatic movement usually wants to stay in the comfort of the infancy stages. Beyond there is dark, unknown, uncertainty, dryness, etc. And I am talking about the night of the senses, not the night of the soul. After the night of the senses is a more “lofty” prayer life. The soul is slightly afraid because this prayer is new. If you want more clarifications, more detail, and want to know what is after this, reads the suggested books.
In summary, the Charismatic movement greatly effects people emotions, which is good for sinners, not too good for people seeking further development in the spiritual life.
(One danger of the Charismatic movement is what happens when a person no longer feels those powerful feelings and has a test of faith? Many can fall away because their faith was partly based on the emotions.)