He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
JOHN OF THE CROSSWhoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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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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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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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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There is nothing better or more necessary than 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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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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