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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
Catholic Priest
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Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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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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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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My sole occupation is love.
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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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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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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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There is nothing better or morenecessary than 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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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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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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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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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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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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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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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