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The centre of the soul is God and, when the soul has attained to Him according to the whole capacity of its being, which is the strength and virtue of the soul, it will have reached the last and the deep centre of the soul, which will be when with all its powers it loves and understands and enjoys God.

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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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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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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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If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away you will never get it back.
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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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