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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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My sole occupation is love.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine 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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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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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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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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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