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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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My sole occupation is love.
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Silence is God's first language.
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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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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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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 passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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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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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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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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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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