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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
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Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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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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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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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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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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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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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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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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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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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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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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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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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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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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