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John of the Cross (Spanish: San Juan de la Cruz; 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest, who was born at Fontiveros, Old Castile.

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He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.

Bird, Hands, Loses, Men, Opportunity

In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.

Confidence, Enlightenment, God, Instruction, Receive

Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.

Heart, World, May, Human, God, Detained

Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.

Draw, Draws, Inner Peace, Love, Pour

The eternal spring is hidden in this living bread for our life's sake, although it is night. It is here calling out to creatures; and they satisfy their thirst, although in darkness, because it is night. This living spring that I long for, I see in this bread of life, although it is night.

Bread Of Life, Creatures, Life, Night, See, Spring

In search of my Love I will go over mountains and strands; I will gather no flowers, I will fear no wild beasts; And pass by the mighty and the frontiers.

Flower, Life, Love, Mountain, Mountains, Pass

The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light

Completely, Divine, Light, Soul, Window

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.

Arrive, Desire, Inspirational, Possession, Satisfaction

Faith is the union of God and the soul.

Faith, God, Soul, Union, Unions

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.

Appetities, Cart, Journey, Like, Saint, Soul

Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.

Advice, Faith, Pride, Want

God leads every soul by a separate path.

God, Individual, Path, Soul

Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.

Compassion, Let

My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.

Become, Dry, Feed, Forget, Forgets, Spirit

Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.

Darkness, Light, Preparation

They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.

God, Saint, Talking, Time, Told

Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.

Dark, Faith, Men, Night

When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.

Draw, Draws, Law Of Attraction, Love, No Love, Pour

The divine awakening produces in the soul of the perfect a flame of love which is a participate of that living flame which is the Holy Spirit Himself. . . this is the operation of the Holy Spirit in the soul that is transformed in love.

Flame, Flames, Perfect, Produces, Soul, Spirit

See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.

Adversities, Adversity, Christian, God, Joy, World

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