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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.

John of the Cross

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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Failure Greatness Heart Love
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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Alone Burn Cold Growth Hot Master Soul Virtue
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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Easy God Road Suffering Travel Willing
Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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Compassionate Kindness Yourself
Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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Hurt Need Word Worth
If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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Learning Perfection Progress Yourself
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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Charity End Judgement Life
He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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Avoid Goodness Prayer
At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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Evening Judgment Life Love Ourselves
Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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Love Yourself
The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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Feed Flow Heaven Life
Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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Advice Faith Ourselves
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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Darkness Faith Forget God Himself Leaving Live Protection Wrong
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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Meditation Open Prayer Reading Seek Yourself
Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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Faith God Soul
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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God Myself Talk Time

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