St. John of the Cross

Confessor, Doctor of the Church (III Class)

St. John of the Cross was the fellow worker of St. Teresa in the reform of the Order of Mount Carmel, and wrote invaluable treatises on mystical theology. He died in 1591.

Well, the paper on faith is almost done at long last. I should be able to turn it in tomorrow, and then take a break for a few days before starting in on my last writing assignment of the semester: a 7 page biblical exegesis of a text of Matthew's Gospel.

Maria, by the way, has made immense progress in learning how to use the toilet. We've been going through quite a lot of gummy bears these last few days. She's getting to be quite the big girl.