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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
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Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.
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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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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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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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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out 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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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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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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