# Night of the Spirit ## Divine Intimacy Meditations - Uproots imperfect habits: [[347-the-night-of-the-spirit#Meditation 1|347,1]]; - achieves in the soul a deep and radical detachment: [[349-toward-complete-purification#Meditation 1|349,1]]; - to enter the — there is need of renunciation of self, not only in regard to material goods, but also in regard to moral and spiritual goods [[347-the-night-of-the-spirit#Meditation 2|347,2]]; - need to exercise oneself intensely in the theological virtues: [[349-toward-complete-purification#Meditation 2|349,2]]; - anguish and darkness the soul suffers in this —: [[353-desolation-and-darkness#Meditation 1|353,1]], [[353-desolation-and-darkness#Meditation 2|353,2]]; - its sole support is pure and naked faith: [[353-desolation-and-darkness#Meditation 2|353,2]]; - one of the greatest graces God can grant a soul is to introduce it into the —: [[348-purifying-love#Meditation 1|348,1]]; - this —, though very bitter, is the work of Divine Love: [[348-purifying-love#Meditation 1|348,1]]; - only God can lead the soul into the depth of this —: [[351-passive-purification#Meditation 1|351,1]]; - the — culminates in interior pain in which God annihilates it in its spiritual faculties and destroys in it every imperfect habit: [[352-interior-trials#Meditation 1|352,1]]; - in the — the soul is reduced to the center of its nothingness: [[352-interior-trials#Meditation 2|352,2]]; - in this — the soul is in a special way under the influence of the Holy Spirit: [[354-confidence-and-abandonment#Meditation 2|354,2]]; - the obscure night of the apostolic life: [[338-apostolic-hope#Meditation 2|338,2]]; - while we are on earth there will always be something of the —: [[354-confidence-and-abandonment#Meditation 1|354,1]]. ### Source - [[338-apostolic-hope|338. Apostolic Hope]] - [[347-the-night-of-the-spirit|347. The Night of the Spirit]] - [[348-purifying-love|348. Purifying Love]] - [[340-apostolic-maturity|349. Apostolic Maturity]] - [[351-passive-purification|351. Passive Purification]] - [[352-interior-trials|352. Interior Trials]] - [[353-desolation-and-darkness|353. Desolation and Darkness]] - [[354-confidence-and-abandonment|354. Confidence and Abandonment]]