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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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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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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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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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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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He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
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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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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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