If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
JOHN OF THE CROSS
JOHN OF THE CROSS
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John of the Cross72 quotes“If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.”
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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John of the CrossJohn of the Cross At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross 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.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross 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 CrossJohn of the Cross There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross 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.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross Silence is God’s first language.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
John of the CrossJohn of the Cross 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 CrossJohn of the Cross When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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