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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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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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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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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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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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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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The centre of the soul is God and, when the soul has attained to Him according to the whole capacity of its being, which is the strength and virtue of the soul, it will have reached the last and the deep centre of the soul, which will be when with all its powers it loves and understands and enjoys God.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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My sole occupation is love.
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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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