Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
JOHN OF THE CROSSLet all find COMPASSION in YOU.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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The soul that journey’s to God, but doesn’t shake off it’s cares and quiet it’s appetities, is like someone who drags a cart of dirt uphill.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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 tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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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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To reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing, To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all desire to be nothing.
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See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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My sole occupation is love.
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Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
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