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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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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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.
John of the Cross
There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
John of the Cross
For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual things all the rest is affection and attachment proceeding from imperfection and in order that one may pass to any kind of perfection it is necessary for such desires to be killed.
John of the Cross
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.
John of the Cross
To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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Silence is God's first language.
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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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 window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
John of the Cross
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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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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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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
John of the Cross
Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
John of the Cross
Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
John of the Cross
