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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.

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
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Obedience
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Mortifications
Reason
Corporal
Mortification
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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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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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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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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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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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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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 desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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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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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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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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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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