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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

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John of the Cross
Age: 49 †
Born: 1542
Born: June 24
Died: 1591
Died: December 14
Carmelite Friar
Catholic Priest
Poet
Saint
Writer
Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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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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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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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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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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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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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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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.
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Silence is God's first language.
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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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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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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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