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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.

John of the Cross

If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Learning Perfection Progress Yourself
Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Guide Love Myself Night Transformation
The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Alone Burn Cold Growth Hot Master Soul Virtue
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Clarity Confession Purity Sin Strive
Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Love Yourself
Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Darkness Endurance Greatness Light Preparation
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.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Failure Greatness Heart Love
In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Healing Leadership Meditation Ourselves Spirit Wound
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Charity End Judgement Life
They say, “God told me”, or “God replied to me”. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

God Myself Talk Time
Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Darkness Faith Himself Light Man Night Way
There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Better Love Necessary
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

Excellence Goodness Love Remember Value
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.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Body Desire Love Memories Power Soul Work
Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Eyes Myself See
The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Divine Light Perfection Soul Window

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