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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.

John of the Cross

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He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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In search of my Love I will go over mountains and strands; I will gather no flowers, I will fear no wild beasts; And pass by the mighty and the frontiers.
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