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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
— John Of The Cross
A man shows himself a true disciple of Christ by carrying the cross in his turn every day in the activity that he is called to perform.
— Pope John Paul II
The good thing about being an artist, is it's a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed.
— John Chamberlain
The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed ...
— John Of The Cross
In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o'er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.
— John Bowring
If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back.
— John Of The Cross
James and John wanted the glory, but not the cup of shame; the crown, but not the cross; the role of master, but not servant.
— J. Oswald Sanders
The cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life! Take up your cross DAILY, Jesus said!
— John Piper
The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.
— John Lennon
God is a dark night to man in this life.
— John Of The Cross
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
— John Of The Cross
The cross is not a detour or a hurdle on the way to the kingdom, nor is it even the way to the kingdom; it is the kingdom come.
— John Howard Yoder
God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
— John Of The Cross
And, therefore, seeing he doth not intercede and pray for every one, he did not die for every one.
— John Owen
it is the nature of stars to cross
— John Green
Labor, therefore, to fill your hearts with the cross of Christ . . . that there may be no room for sin.
— John Piper
A sense of the love of Christ in the cross; lie at the bottom of all true spiritual mortification
— John Owen
In the cross of Christ I glory,
— John Bowring
... but it is the nature of stars to cross
— John Green
In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
— John Of The Cross
God desires from you the least degree of purity of conscience more than all the works you can perform.
— John Of The Cross
The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven.
— Pope John Paul II
St John of the Cross once wrote: "In the evening of our life, we shall be judged by our loving.
— James Runcie
May we sit at the foot of the cross; and there learn what sin has done, what justice has done, what love has done.
— John Newton
How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
— John Vianney
Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
— John Of The Cross
Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.
— John R.W. Stott
He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
— John Of The Cross
My sole occupation is love.
— John Of The Cross
The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.
— John Nelson Darby
When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
— John Of The Cross
The cross has two sides to it. One side is what Jesus did for us. He forgave us our sins. The other is the God side. God now lives in man!
— John Paul Warren
Silence is God's first language.
— John Of The Cross
In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
— John Of The Cross
Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
— John Of The Cross
The glory of God shines, indeed, in all creatures on high and below, but never more brightly than in the cross.
— John Calvin
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
— John Of The Cross
My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You. — John Of The Cross
Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
— John Of The Cross
As we face the cross, then, we can say to ourselves both, "I did it, my sins sent him there," and "He did it, his love took him there.
— John R.W. Stott
The cross is proof of both the immense love of God and the profound wickedness of sin.
— John F. MacArthur Jr.
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
— John Of The Cross
Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.
— John Of The Cross
Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
— John Of The Cross
Faith begins with a backward look at the cross, but it lives with a forward look at the promises
— John Piper
Until Jesus died upon the cross and paid the price of man's sin, no human soul could enter heaven,
— Leo John Trese
I'm dreading the time that is not near As a man on a cross I have no fear I can't believe these words I'm saying You've got to feel your lines
— John Frusciante
Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
— John Of The Cross
We Boast Best in the Cross When We Bear It
— John Piper
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
— John Of The Cross
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
— John Of The Cross
At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love (CCC 1022; by St. John of the Cross)
— San Juan De La Cruz
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.
— John Of The Cross
In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
— John Of The Cross
Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh ...
— John Of The Cross
God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
— Pope John Paul II
Love one another as I have loved you.
— John The Apostle
Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.
— John Of The Cross
They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
— John Of The Cross
He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.
— John Of The Cross
Seek by reading and you will find by meditating. Knock by praying, and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
— John Of The Cross
It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.
— John Of The Cross
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.
— John Of The Cross
Who teaches the soul if not God?
— John Of The Cross
Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
— John Of The Cross
All good things come from love; God used the cross a symbol of His love, to paralyze and defeat all forces of evil. God is love. John 3:16
— Felix Wantang
In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
— John Of The Cross
Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
— John Of The Cross
Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
— John Of The Cross
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.
— John Of The Cross
Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.
— John Scott
Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
— John Of The Cross
Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
— John Of The Cross
The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
— 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
God leads every soul by a separate path.
— John Of The Cross