3 Stages of the Spiritual Life Revealed (According To Catholic Saints)
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- What are the 3 stages of the spiritual life according to the Catholic Saints who wrote extensively and contributed greatly to the spirituality of the Catholic Church? In this video will will examine the thoughts of St Teresa of Avila, St John of the Cross, St Catherine of Siena, St Francis de Sales and St Bernard of Clairvaux.
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They with ears to hear, let them hear:
Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil's deceit!
Hear me when I say, ye that are Catholic have been deceived and know not God. Ye worship Mary, praying to her; when God tells his to worship none other than him. It is idolatry.
Catholicism has its own Bible and teachings, which are blasphemous to the word of God: the Holy Bible. As ye follow the teachings of man and not God; ye hear the pope, but not Jesus, yet ye claim to be his disciples!
These are but a few things I named ye dwell within; there are many more. I tell you now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father!
There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You're either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God's word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man's nor their own heart's. Unless you keep Jesus' commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you!
They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God...
Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask:
"Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus' name, amen."
Revelation 22:8-9 KJV
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Acts 2:38 KJV
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 11:13 KJV
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
John 14:21-24 KJV
21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.*
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.*
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.*
3 John 1:11 KJV
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. *He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.*
1 John 3:6-10 KJV
6 *Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.*
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: *he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.*
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 *Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.*
10 *In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,* neither he that loveth not his brother.
Whoever is reading this, I pray for you that God visits your home today with Healings, blessings, and Miracles. Amen💞
God bless you!!❤
Same to you ❤
Same with you beloved in-Chirst
The same to you! Be blessed
Thank you & God bless you! 🌹
I was told by my SD that I have to trust God more. I depend too much on myself. I didn’t quite know how and when I do this. And yes that is called too self reliant. And it was a block. TY
God Bless!
May God continue to use you to enlighten his children!
So helpful!!!! Especially the part where if it takes you away from your present duty, it might not be coming from God. I have been experiencing that. For example I am listening to many You Tube videos that are holy, inspirational and I am learning a lot, but I also am realizing that during all this, although I am floating from joy, I am not getting my chores done. So thank you Ken and especially thank you Holy Spirit for Ken who listened to your holy inspiration and made this video.
I find myself in the same situation. These messages has given some enlightenment to some of my struggles. Thanks be to God.
Thank you so much! During this Lent I have focused on increasing my spiritual life and totally got rid of the social media that can interfere. I greatly appreciate your comments and i am now a subscriber! Looking forward to watching and praying more!
hi Ken, your and Janelle's channel, help me to be a better catholic every day. I had to say thankyou for your video. I spend most of my day alone in a wheelchair with my laptop.. Right from the start of this phase of my life (i was very active up to a couple of years ago living an ordinary catholic life), I have embraced the opportunity to slowdown and pray daily in a routine. While I was a good catholic (or so I thought) , I was ticking the 'checklist' weekly (mass, confessions, charity, etc etc), , I was merely in a routine. I focused too much on my very busy day with with 'dutes of that day ' from the moment I woke up to when I dropped to sleep from exhaustion. Often working around the clock.. I wanted to give feedback so you know that you and Janelle know that your efforts to prepare and produce your channel really do change lives for the better. I really get the message of this video. So anyway, thank you.God Bless. F
rom Antoni in Australia
Ken You are a blessing to me and so many people My Parish is St Katherine of Senna Ken in Philadelphia Pa
Good stuff. You touched on a theme not often preached today. So often a dualistic construction of Good / Evil is the rhetorical framing. More dangerous is the almost benign, ignorant carelessness. The "gentle slope", so to speak, that guides us ultimately to perdition.
First time I heard of the 3 stages. Excellent presentation! Hope you can come back to the US sometime.
Thank you for sharing. Nowadays everything is ok, nothing is of great sin which is so wrong. We need good traditional priests to give us the right advice. I just hope I’m in the right track to reach holiness.🙏God Bless!
Thank you my Lord for Ken n his family, and using Ken as a tool to teach, guide n instruct us, so that we may come ever closer to you ! 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
Your Will be done! 😊 👏👏👏
Very interesting. It would be great to have some notes on this to reflect more.
Thank you.
Thank you too for sharing your insghts and inspiring us, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Thoughtful presentation and reminder to reflect on our relationship with God.
This makes so much sense. Never heard of it. Please more videos on the topic.❤
I resonated with the obstacle of self reliance - one I feel I struggle with but this video reminds me to pray for an increase in trust and reliance on gods will
This is my first time to sit down and watch about these 3 stages of spiritual life, something new to me. Thank you, greetings from the Philippines.
Dear Ken,
I am suffering with a serious bout of shingles on my face, with swollen eye shut, terrible flu symptoms and malaise. With this comes what could be called a venial sin, where I have become so absorbed in feeling so sick (worldly focus) that I cannot rise to the occasion and feel God's Presence all around me like I usually do.
I am clearly in the illumative stage with profound suffering (from other trials and ailments)...but am also getting blocked by venial sin....your talk helped me refocus myself....self absorption subsides when I am reminded (thanks to you) of the truth.....that God is always with me, no matter if I am in deep darkness or not.....all I have to do is "change the channel" and remember!
A great teacher once said: "remember to remember...always remember to remember" (God of course)
So thank you for your "illumative" talk so I change the channel....deeply healing!
With grateful loveblessing,s Buffy Bernhardt
Ken, thank you for one of the most understandable explanations of the Spiritual Life.
Thank you Ken! Very helpful!!❤🙏✝️☮️
Thank you so much, this teaching is really enlightening. 😊 God bless!
Thank you. God is great! I have Catherine's book. I am encouraged to read it sooner than later by your presentation.
It seemed like the world shamed us into thinking that being holy was not achievable. I know better now. Again, God bless you and your beautiful family.
This is awesome! I would like to learn more! Thank you Ken!
I don’t have any ideas but look forward to walking daily with you both🙏
God bless you all forever
Sure speaks - thanks so much
Thank you ! Very profound and beautiful. Got several msg from God and some enlightments ! Need to take actions ! Thx. God bless you ! Love watching you from mauritius island !
Thanks for watching.
I have family members who spend 85% of their time watching news And abou 2 % praying. If they instead would watch spiritual news as provided on social media as a source of spiritual encouragement and getting closer to God and praying for the world they would have peace the light of truth. Jesus said " I am the light of the world.'"
Thank you Ken for this enlightening lesson. I dont get a chance to read the books of the saints but its very helpful to get to know more from your sharings. God bless you, Jeannel and your beautiful children❤
Thank you Ken! I wasn't aware that Saint Theresa of Avila had experienced some misinformation regarding sin. Very enlightening! Also loved that you shared about "inspirations" we get during the day that sometimes are not of God and take us away from doing our chores. Be blessed 1,000 -fold in your walk of faith with God. You are truly an inspiration to us all!!😇😁
Thank you for putting this video together I really need this. Please do more of this series. God Bless :)
Ken It is always so fruitful to listen to you guys. God bless.
🙏🏻💙Thank you for this- blessings from UK💙🙏🏻
🙏🏻✝️It was wonderful to hear your talk and know that God has blessed you to help us in your ministry✝️🙏🏻 x x
Thank you for such a great message that gives us so much to think about! St Teresa gives us so much in her writings!
Wow .. today, present ...we need to grow and be better everyday. Yesterday, was yesterday
Yes, living in this so much. For the Love in God, my soul does lead so much more..continue to work towards Sainthood. Good stuff Ken.
I really liked what you said about the "grace of the present moment". Being drawn into to what the Lord is trying to do new with us in each day, as well as the duty of the moment. Please speak more on this subject.
It was a very powerful presentation. I was aware of a lot of it but it was helpful to present it all at one time.
It also helps to know a Saint has overcome it all. 🕊✝🙏🙏🙏❤
"The emoji's represents prayers fot your mission, You and your growing family"
Do your best and God will do the rest! Perfect affirmation!
Thank you. God bless you and your family.
Thank you for using your gift of public speaking and teaching for God's greater honor and glory💝 Whata blessing you are to others. 🙌💝
Thank you Ken. I definitely look forward to hearing more on this subject. I had wondered how to grow into that final stage. So I think I will be listening to this video more then once. I have been asking God to get me to that stage of him filling me. That it’s not my work but his work in me. So thank you. I will keep striving for that stage
Be it known: Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil's deceit!
Hear me when I say, ye that are Catholic have been deceived and know not God. Ye worship Mary, praying to her; when God tells his to worship none other than him. It is idolatry.
Catholicism has its own Bible and teachings, which are blasphemous to the word of God: the Holy Bible. As ye follow the teachings of man and not God; ye hear the pope, but not Jesus, yet ye claim to be his disciples!
These are but a few things I named ye dwell within; there are many more. I tell you now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father!
There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You're either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God's word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man's nor their own heart's. Unless you keep Jesus' commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you!
They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God...
Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask:
"Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus' name, amen."
Revelation 22:8-9 KJV
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Acts 2:38 KJV
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 11:13 KJV
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
John 14:21-24 KJV
21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.*
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.*
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.*
3 John 1:11 KJV
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. *He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.*
1 John 3:6-10 KJV
6 *Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.*
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: *he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.*
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 *Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.*
10 *In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,* neither he that loveth not his brother.
What a Fantastic Video - I am in formation with the Diaconate and this was helpful. This is great insight and just what the Faithful need to hear....
Debbi Hutton
Thank you so much for this.
That 2nd block really stood out for me. I often find myself conflicted about just staying away / avoiding people who disturb my spirit...Sometimes I'm not sure if it's pride or unforgiveness, especially if it's after an action from them that leads me to cut ties, but I feel strongly it is better for me to stay away and pray for them. Sometimes I don't trust my own decisions in these matters, but this video has helped put this in perspective, it's like God is answering my conflictions and saying it is okay & to trust my spirit!🙏
Thanks Debbi for sharing
May 4, 2023
Yesterday’s experience is not good enough for today.
Sometimes we stay in stage 1 for a long time.
Suffering comes in all forms not just in physical pain don’t you think?
Thank you I am a new, converted Catholic. Please help me with some starting videos and teachings. Thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you for the care in which you provide these messages.
I am always searching for ways to better do an examination of conscience. Can you provide something to explain and describe a good examination of conscience at the most basic level. I have seen yours and other's videos on the subject, but it always leaves me wondering. Even if we go through the Commandments one by one with an explanation and example. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing these stages Ken. Most of them I have not heard or maybe not paid detailed attention too. Very insightful especially for my spiritual journey. Looking forward to listening to more of them.
Thanks Ken. I love learning new things from you and your channel!
😀 Thanks Amy
thank you, Ken, I look forward to future talks on this topic. Blessings Darlene
I was very blessed by your presentation. I thought it was simple and not overwhelming. I have shared this with my staff
Thank you. It was incredibly helpful.
Hi Ken, I’m still waiting for the powerful prayer against the demonic you promised us, please send it soon, love Sue
Still working on it!!!! We are having some challenges with creating the video.
You have a great gift with your philosophical words and animated presentation. You pressed into my soul the three stages; purgative, illuminative and unitive. It certainly requires discipline and God's grace to work up these levels. Thank you for contributing to a good start to my day. 😀
Thank you for this video. Your videos come up at the right time and hour when I need them. They give me peace and joy.🙏🏻😇God bless you and your family. I am always inspired by your videos. Fiat.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
This is very helpful. This why it's important for believers to KNOW the bible and what G-d deems sin to thowart bad leadership and their hinderence in our relationship with our Lord.. I think examination of conscience is excellent for the ten commandments and a book called memorize the faith by Kevin Vost. Excellent post. 🙏
This is great. God bless 😊
We want more video's about this topic, Sir!🥰 thank youuu 🥳🥳🥰
Awesome Ken. God bless you, Janelle and family.
Thank you
Thank you for sharing this video. Oh how I needed to hear this right now so much going on in my life. God bless you and your beautiful family. Keep up the great work you are doing for our Lord. 🙏📿❤️
Thank You, you explained the three stages so clearly, and I really liked the sharing of the four “blocks”.
Please make more of these videos ! Thank you so much 🙏
Thank you so much. This was enlightening 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I've never heard of this. Thank you fir sharing!
Thank you so much I really needed to hear this.I can't explain it but this is what I needed. Thank you again. God Bless 🙏❤
Thank you this has helped me greatly🙏🙏🙏
Excellent video. I'm watching again, taking notes and I am getting insights into my own interior life. I'll also be reading St Teresa of Avila's writings! God bless!
Thank you! ❤
I still hear some from St. Therese of Lisieux in what you're saying, like being carried by God because we're helpless, being met halfway to help us be more sanctified. So don't worry if you still mention her. 😁
This is fantastic. Much appreciated
Thanks for the reminder Ken. I was saving this video for this Sunday and watched today in light of the Gospel " Do not let your hearts be troubled". Our prayer team is encountering Christ through a retreat tomorrow afternoon about this Gospel, and your meditation today reminded me of the importance of knowing the 3 stages of the spiritual life. What stood out to me was St. Catherine of Sienna's comment that all three stages can be in a person at the same time. You are humble to say that you have not experienced the unitive stage, but I would say the constant desire to be "with Him, in Him and through Him" shines through. It shines through you and many others I know.
I would say that personally I don't experience in my definition "complete joy" even though I experience what I think is the "unitive stage" but instead "complete peace". There's a certain sense of solemnity ... for to me I experience how the worlds' sins become my sins.... because of the illumination of seeing how all my sins affect others and how the world's sins affect me..
However!! and that's a big HOWEVER!! ..... "because by your Holy cross you have redeemed the world", therefore all suffering is OPPORTUNITY... which doesn't eliminate all joy but exudes it into a perfect peace. Therefore we anticipate suffering with great joy because of the peace it produces in our hearts.
Ken your teachings are so helpful to me. I love how you take these spiritual truths and simplify them so they are understandable and relatable. Thank you and God bless you and your family.
Thank you for the simple yet comprehensive explanation of the stages. It’s really helpful to understand what the stages means and to reflect on where I am in my spiritual journey. I think this video will help us to advance and not become complacent in our spiritual journey.
Thank you!
Thank you 🙏
Thank you
WOW,this is good stuff!!!
More please❤
Amen 🙏
Hi thanks a lot Brother.I love Always your videos. But in todays video where you show a clip from your parish ministries. I want ti humbly give you correction. Please if you are in a hall you May walk about as you do in the video. But if you are in a church dont walk to and fro before the Tabernacle, Put yourself on the left or on the right. Thanks
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Can you inform us of. The 3 days of darkness and the 100% bee wax candles we are to use. ??
Thanks for the idea. I will consider it.
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They with ears to hear, let them hear:
Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil's deceit!
Hear me when I say, ye that are Catholic have been deceived and know not God. Ye worship Mary, praying to her; when God tells his to worship none other than him. It is idolatry.
Catholicism has its own Bible and teachings, which are blasphemous to the word of God: the Holy Bible. As ye follow the teachings of man and not God; ye hear the pope, but not Jesus, yet ye claim to be his disciples!
These are but a few things I named ye dwell within; there are many more. I tell you now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father!
There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You're either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God's word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man's nor their own heart's. Unless you keep Jesus' commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you!
They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God...
Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask:
"Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus' name, amen."
Revelation 22:8-9 KJV
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Acts 2:38 KJV
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 11:13 KJV
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
John 14:21-24 KJV
21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.*
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.*
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.*
3 John 1:11 KJV
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. *He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.*
1 John 3:6-10 KJV
6 *Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.*
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: *he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.*
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 *Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.*
10 *In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,* neither he that loveth not his brother.