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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
Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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Advice Faith Ourselves
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
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
To reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing, To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all desire to be nothing.
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Desire Knowledge Possession Reach Satisfaction
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
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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Escape Exercise Hands Hard Himself Prayer Spiritual
Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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Compassionate Kindness 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
To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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Deep God Love Transformation
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
Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Eyes Myself See
Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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Love Yourself
Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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Faith God Soul
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
He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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Avoid Goodness Prayer

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