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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.

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
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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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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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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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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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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.
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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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