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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.

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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Beauty
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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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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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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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