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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
Catholic Priest
Poet
Saint
Writer
Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
Soul
Contemplation
Nothing
Peaceful
Love
Loving
Fire
Secret
Spiritual
Spirit
Infusion
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Admitted

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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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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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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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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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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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out 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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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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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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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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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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