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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.
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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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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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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Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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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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Silence is God's first language.
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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.
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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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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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