The Sayings of Light and Love (154)

"Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturbed it; reflect that all must come to an end."

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Quotes On Love - Therese of the Child Jesus

"I feel the vocation of the Warrior, the Priest, the Apostle, the Doctor, the Martyr.  Without being discourage I continued and discovered St. Paul who explained that all the most PERFECT gifts are nothing without LOVE; that CHARITY is the EXCELLENT WAY that leads most surely to God... I shall be Love. Thus I shall be everything, and thus my dream will be realized." 

- St. Therese of the Child Jesus

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Setting Out on the Road to Prayer with Firm Resolution

We must not be dismayed at the number of things we have to consider before setting out on this Divine Journey, which is the road we gain so much precious treasures that it is no wonder if the cost seems to us a high one.

The time will come when we shall realize that all we have paid is as nothing at all by comparison to the greatness of our prize.

The Way of Perfection (21,1)

- St. Teresa of Avila

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The Way of Perfection

The Lord reveals Himself to a soul gradually.

He is free, but we should empty it so that He may take out and put in just what He likes.

He refuses to force our will, but does not give Himself wholly to us until we give ourselves wholly to Him.

-St. Teresa of Avila

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The Sayings of Light and Love (121)

The traits of the solitary bird are five:

• First, it seeks the highest place;
• Second, it withstand no company;
• Third, it holds its beak in the air;
• Fourth, it has no definite color;
• Fifth, it sings sweetly.

These traits must be possessed by the contemplative soul. 

It must rise above passing things paying no more heed to them than if they did not exist.

It must likewise be so fond of silence and solitude that it does not tolerate the company of another creature.

It must hold its beak in the air of the holy Spirit, responding to His inspirations, that by so doing, it may become worthy of His company. 

It must have no definite color, desiring to do nothing definite other than the will of God.

It must sing sweetly in the contemplation and love of its Bridegroom.

St. John of the Cross

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St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
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Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The Sayings of Light and Love (156)

Twelve stars for reaching the highest perfection:

• Love of God
• Love of neighbor
• Obedience
• Chastity
• Poverty
• Attendance at choir
• Penance
• Humility
• Mortification
• Prayer
• Silence
• Peace

St. John of the Cross

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St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
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Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The Sayings of Light and Love (28)

"The very pure spirit does not bother about the regards of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility,for the knowledge of God is received in divine silence"

St. John of the Cross

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St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
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Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The Sayings of Light and Love (137)

"To lose always and let everyone else win is a trait of valiant souls, generous spirits, and unselfish hearts; it is their manner to give rather than receive even to the extent of giving themselves. 

They consider it a heavy burden to posses themselves, and it pleases them more to be possessed by others and withdrawn from themselves, since we belong more to that infinite Good than we do ourselves."

St. John of the Cross

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St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
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Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The True Lover of God Must Care Little for Life and Honor

"We give up our freedom for the love of God, we put up with so many trials -- fast, silence, enclosure, service in choir; why, then do we shrink from interior mortification?

This is the means by which every other kind of mortification becomes meritorious and perfect.

It is acquired gradually, by never indulging our own will and desire, even in small things, until we have succeeded in subduing the body to the spirit."

-St. Teresa of Avila

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The Sayings of Light and Love (112)

Allow yourself to be taught, allow yourself to receive orders, allow yourself to be subjected and despised and you will be perfect."

St. John of the Cross

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St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
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Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The Sayings of Light and Love (78)

"If you desire that devotion be born in your spirit and that 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. 

Just as a sick person is immediately aware of good health once the bad humor has been thrown off and a desire to eat is felt, so will you recover your health, in God, if you cure yourself as was said.

Without doing this, you will not advance no matter how much you do."

St. John of the Cross

Source:

St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
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Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The Sayings of Light and Love (165)

"If you desire to be perfect, sell your will, give it to the poor in spirit, come to Christ in meekness and humility, and follow him to Calvary and the sepulcher."

St. John of the Cross

Source:

St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
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Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The Sayings of Light and Love (159)

"The further you withdraw from earthly things the closer you approach heavenly things and the more you find God."

St. John of the Cross

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St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
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Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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On the Importance of Spiritual Life (1)

"Genuine prayer must be reinforced with the fasts,

disciplines and periods of silence which the Order demands.

Prayer cannot be accompanied by self-indulgences."

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Sayings on Poverty (2)

"Remember the blessings to be found in holy poverty;

it contains within itself all the good things of the world.

The chief honor of a poor man is in being really poor."

- St. Teresa of Jesus
 

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Sayings on Poverty (1)

"If the rule of poverty is truly kept, both chastity and all the other virtues are fortified much better."

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