My sole occupation is love.
JOHN OF THE CROSSIf you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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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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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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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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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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