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.
JOHN OF THE CROSSAll 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.
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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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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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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.
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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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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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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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He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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If it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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.
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Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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.
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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.
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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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The soul that journey’s to God, but doesn’t shake off it’s cares and quiet it’s appetities, is like someone who drags a cart of dirt uphill.
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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
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