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He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.

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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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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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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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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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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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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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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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.
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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My sole occupation is 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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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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Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
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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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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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