In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
JOHN OF THE CROSSA Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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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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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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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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Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.
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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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They say, “God told me”, or “God replied to me”. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back.
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Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.
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Silence is God’s first language.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.
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Do not let your “eye” be drawn by the false “beacon lamps” -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will and desires, for these are the corrupt forces that dwell within, and keep you from living free.
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A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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