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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.

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
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Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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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 reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing, To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all desire to be nothing.
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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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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 passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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