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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.

John of the Cross

Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Acceptance Obedience Reason Sacrifice
He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.
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Hands Himself Lose Man Opportunity Recovery
God leads every soul by a separate path.
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God Leadership Path Separate
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
The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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Divine Light Perfection Soul Window
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
God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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Beautiful Fall God World
The soul that journey’s to God, but doesn’t shake off it’s cares and quiet it’s appetities, is like someone who drags a cart of dirt uphill.
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Care God Journey Quiet Soul
He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
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Hide Himself Love Shame World
My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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Dry Forget Spirit Yourself
Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Darkness Faith Himself Light Man Night Way
The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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Feed Flow Heaven Life
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
Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Eyes Myself See
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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Growth Love Soul Walk
Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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Agreement Remember Silence

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