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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.

John of the Cross

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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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Desire Difficult Give Up God Love Prayer Reason Satisfaction Soul
Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Darkness Faith Himself Light Man Night Way
Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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Darkness Endurance Greatness Light Preparation
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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Bird Lose Opportunity Yourself
Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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Faith God Soul
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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Clarity Confession Purity Sin Strive
My sole occupation is love.
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Love Occupation One Liner
In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Darkness God Night River Soul
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Glory God Seek
All the powers of soul and body, memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, the desires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.
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Body Desire Love Memories Power Soul Work
God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Darkness God Life Man Night
Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
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Guide Love Myself Night Transformation
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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Failure Greatness Heart Love
My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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Dry Forget Spirit Yourself
Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.
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Earth God Heart Himself Live Soul World
Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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Devotion Difficult God Myself Tough

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