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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.

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
Become
Forgets
Dry
Feed
Forget
Spirit

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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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Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.
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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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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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Silence is God's first language.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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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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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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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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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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