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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.

John of the Cross

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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Eyes Myself See
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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Meditation Open Prayer Reading Seek
In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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Earth God Human Judgement Life Love Possession Success
Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Desire Gratitude Myself
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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Clarity Confession Purity Sin Strive
In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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Confidence God Instruction Strength Yourself
Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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Hurt Need Word Worth
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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Account Goodness Peace Service Yourself
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
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Glory God Seek
Silence is God’s first language.
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God Language One Liner Silence
The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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Feed Flow Heaven Life
To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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Deep God Love Transformation
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
Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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Darkness Endurance Greatness Light Preparation
God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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Conscience Desire God Performance Purity Small Work

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