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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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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 you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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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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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God except by first entering the thicket of much suffering, in such a way that the soul finds there its consolation and desire. The soul that longs for divine wisdom chooses first, and in truth, to enter the thicket of the cross.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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 leads every soul by a separate path.
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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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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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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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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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