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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.

John of the Cross

The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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Divine Light Perfection Soul Window
Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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Love Yourself
God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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Beautiful Fall God World
There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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Better Love Necessary
Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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Acceptance Obedience Reason Sacrifice
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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Love Peaceful Secret Soul Spirit
At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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Evening Judgment Life Love Ourselves
Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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Devotion Difficult God Myself Tough
Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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Advice Faith Ourselves
In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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Enlightenment Instruction Sorrow Strength Suffering Yourself
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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Failure Greatness Heart Love
Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Darkness Faith Himself Light Man Night Way
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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Hide Himself Love Shame World
Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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Body Myself Separate Soul Spirit
Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Eyes Myself See
The road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane. In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.
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Easy God Road Suffering Travel Willing

In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.

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