Deep Conversion

[seanom]

Hey I’m 15 and I’m really inspired by the saints and other holy people to become deeply converted with God. I want to love him more and more each day and do his will. Now I found out that almost every saint had to go through purgation of the soul in the Dark Night as it’s described. I started exploring my faith more about 8 months ago, I go daily mass if possible, Rosary and I Like to devote a considerable amount of time to prayer. I think I’m doing the right things like avoiding the ocasion of sin when possible, penances etc… Now here’s my question, how do you know if you’re going through the “Dark Night” and is it possible to advance it so i may achieve deep conversion quicker? Any advice from people who would know about this sort of thing would be greatly appreciated. God Bless!

 

[JRKH]

Hey I’m 15 and I’m really inspired by the saints and other holy people to become deeply converted with God. I want to love him more and more each day and do his will. Now I found out that almost every saint had to go through purgation of the soul in the Dark Night as it’s described. I started exploring my faith more about 8 months ago, I go daily mass if possible, Rosary and I Like to devote a considerable amount of time to prayer. I think I’m doing the right things like avoiding the occasion of sin when possible, penances etc… Now here’s my question, how do you know if you’re going through the “Dark Night” and is it possible to advance it so i may achieve deep conversion quicker? Any advice from people who would know about this sort of thing would be greatly appreciated. God Bless!

God will move you along as He sees fit. There really is no way to force it. To try could expose you to things you are spiritually not ready for. Better to try to simply become more simple, and open to God. What St Therese of Liseaux referred to as becoming (or remaining) “little”. God will do the rest.

If I might suggest, take a look at the book in my signature (I get no $$ from it). I’ve read it and it is a wonderful distillation of the teachings of the great mystic doctors of the Church. I believe it will answer a lot of your questions.

Bless you for your desire to move closer to God.

Peace
James

 

[fhansen]

Hey I’m 15 and I’m really inspired by the saints and other holy people to become deeply converted with God. I want to love him more and more each day and do his will. Now I found out that almost every saint had to go through purgation of the soul in the Dark Night as it’s described. I started exploring my faith more about 8 months ago, I go daily mass if possible, Rosary and I Like to devote a considerable amount of time to prayer. I think I’m doing the right things like avoiding the ocasion of sin when possible, penances etc… Now here’s my question, how do you know if you’re going through the “Dark Night” and is it possible to advance it so i may achieve deep conversion quicker? Any advice from people who would know about this sort of thing would be greatly appreciated. God Bless!

I think it could be said that our entire lives are-or should be- purgative.