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My sole occupation is 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
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Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.
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Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
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Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God except by first entering the thicket of much suffering, in such a way that the soul finds there its consolation and desire. The soul that longs for divine wisdom chooses first, and in truth, to enter the thicket of the cross.
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Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away you will never get it back.
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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.
John of the Cross
