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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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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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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.
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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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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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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 it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
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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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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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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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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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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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