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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.
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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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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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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They say, God told me, or God replied to me. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Silence is God's first language.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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To reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing, To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all desire to be nothing.
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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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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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