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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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
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Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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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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Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.
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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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