At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
JOHN OF THE CROSSMy spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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My sole occupation is love.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.
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To reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing, To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all desire to be nothing.
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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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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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