The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
JOHN OF THE CROSSWho teaches the soul if not God?
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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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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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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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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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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Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
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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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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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