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.
JOHN OF THE CROSSThe eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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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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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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Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
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My sole occupation is love.
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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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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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