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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
Spirit
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Admitted
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Contemplation
Nothing
Peaceful
Love
Loving
Fire
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Spiritual

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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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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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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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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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