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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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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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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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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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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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My sole occupation is love.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.
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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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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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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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