Deny your desires…
Deny your desires and you will find what your heart longs for.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Faith and love…
Faith and love are like the blind man’s guides. They will lead you along a path unknown to you, to the place where God is hidden.
— Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Cleanse your soul…
If you desire that devotion be born in your spirit and that the love of God and the desire for divine things increase, cleanse your soul of every desire, attachment, and ambition in such a way that you have no concern about anything.
— Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Deny oneself for Christ…
This path to God does not consist in having a multitude of meditations or particular practices, nor in having ecstasies… but rather in the one thing necessary… earnestly to deny oneself interiorly as well as exteriorly, and for Christ’s sake to be ready to suffer and die to self in every respect.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Pray in secret…
In order to find Him you should forget all your possessions and all creatures and hide in the interior, secret chamber of your spirit. And there, closing the door behind you, you should pray to your Father in secret. Remaining hidden with Him, you will experience Him in hiding, and love and enjoy Him in hiding.
— Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Everyone knows this truth…
Everyone knows this truth but not everyone manages to bring it home to themselves.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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