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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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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Silence is God's first language.
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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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However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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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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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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