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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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
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Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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In search of my Love I will go over mountains and strands I will gather no flowers, I will fear no wild beasts And pass by the mighty and the frontiers.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.
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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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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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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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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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Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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