He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
JOHN OF THE CROSSThere is nothing better or more necessary than love.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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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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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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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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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.
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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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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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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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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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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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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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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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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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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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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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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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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Silence is God’s first language.
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Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
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