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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.

John of the Cross

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John of the Cross
Age: 49 †
Born: 1542
Born: June 24
Died: 1591
Died: December 14
Carmelite Friar
Catholic Priest
Poet
Saint
Writer
Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
Better
Nothing
Love
Life

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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will - unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself - not one step will you advance on the road to perfection.
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I have said this to explain the stanza that follows, in which the soul replies to those who call in question its holy tranquillity, who will have it wholly occupied with outward duties, that its light may shine before the world: these persons have no conception of the fibres and the unseen root whence the sap is drawn, and which nourish the fruit.
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Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
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Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.
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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
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Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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The centre of the soul is God and, when the soul has attained to Him according to the whole capacity of its being, which is the strength and virtue of the soul, it will have reached the last and the deep centre of the soul, which will be when with all its powers it loves and understands and enjoys God.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual things all the rest is affection and attachment proceeding from imperfection and in order that one may pass to any kind of perfection it is necessary for such desires to be killed.
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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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