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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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
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Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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Silence is God's first language.
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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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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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our 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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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will - unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself - not one step will you advance on the road to perfection.
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