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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
Catholic Priest
Poet
Saint
Writer
Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
Window
Completely
Divine
Light
Soul
Made
Cleansed
Transparent
Perfectly

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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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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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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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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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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will - unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself - not one step will you advance on the road to perfection.
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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 sole occupation is love.
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He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
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