Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.
JOHN OF THE CROSS
Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.
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Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.
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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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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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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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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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Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
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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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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.
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