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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.

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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There is nothing better or morenecessary than 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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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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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 tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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Silence is God's first language.
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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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The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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