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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
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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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My sole occupation is love.
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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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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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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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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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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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