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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.

John of the Cross

At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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Charity End Judgement Life
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
Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.
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Love Peaceful Secret Soul Spirit
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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Body Desire Love Memories Power Soul Work
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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Growth Love Soul Walk
Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
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Delight Desire Learning Possession Spiritual True Yourself
A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
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Excellence Goodness Love Remember Value
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Glory God Seek
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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Guide Love Myself Night Transformation
Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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Body Myself Separate Soul Spirit
Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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Faith God Soul
When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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Draw Love
Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Eyes Myself See
God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Darkness God Life Man Night
The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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Divine Light Perfection Soul Window
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

Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.

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