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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.

John of the Cross

Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.
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God Learning Live Prosperity Sin Walk Yourself
The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.
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Happiness Holiday Joy Love Service Soul
Who teaches the soul if not God?
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God Soul Spiritual Teaching
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Glory God Seek
Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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Love Yourself
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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Meditation Open Prayer Reading Seek Yourself
My sole occupation is love.
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Love Occupation One Liner
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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Hands Himself Lose Man Opportunity Recovery
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
Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Desire Gratitude Myself
At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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Evening Judgment Life Love Ourselves
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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Charity End Judgement Life
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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Fear Flower Love Mountain Myself Search Wild
Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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Body Myself Separate Soul Spirit
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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Guide Love Myself Night Transformation
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

Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.

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