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God leads every soul by a separate path.

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
Path
Individual
Soul
Every
Separate
Leads

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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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My sole occupation is love.
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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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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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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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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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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The divine awakening produces in the soul of the perfect a flame of love which is a participate of that living flame which is the Holy Spirit Himself...this is the operation of the Holy Spirit in the soul that is transformed in love.
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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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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.
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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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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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Silence is God's first language.
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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