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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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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 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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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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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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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away you will never get it back.
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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
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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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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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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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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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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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