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Faith is the union of God and the soul.

John of the Cross

Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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Clarity Confession Purity Sin Strive
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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Charity End Judgement Life
The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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Purity Carry Training Understand
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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Care Intellectual Man Memories See Virtue
Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
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Detachment Feeling God Greatness Love Suffering
Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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Love Yourself
Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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God Human Live World Yourself
The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.
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Happiness Holiday Joy Love Service Soul
In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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Confidence God Instruction Strength Yourself
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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Growth Love Soul Walk
When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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Draw Love
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
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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Desire Difficult Give Up God Love Prayer Reason Satisfaction Soul
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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Account Goodness Peace Service Yourself
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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God Learning Live Prosperity Sin Walk Yourself
Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Desire Gratitude Myself

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