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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.

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
Pour
Draw
Draws
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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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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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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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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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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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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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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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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However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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 divine awakening produces in the soul of the perfect a flame of love which is a participate of that living flame which is the Holy Spirit Himself...this is the operation of the Holy Spirit in the soul that is transformed in love.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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