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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.

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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Fail
Failing
Great
Heart
Way
Love
Begotten

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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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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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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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The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.
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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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