🍷 The rich man feasted. Lazarus lay at the gate. In The Ascent of Mount Carmel, Saint John of the Cross reflects on how attachment to pleasure can weaken the soul and dull charity toward those in need.
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🌲 Life is short and the reckoning strict.
St. John of the Cross describes the soul awakened to her debt before God — every account rendered “unto the last penny.”
Pierced by love, she begins to seek the hidden Beloved.
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⭐ Saint Titus Brandsma explains how Saint John of the Cross places the Motherhood of God at the heart of the mystical life, where divine light overshadows the soul.
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Today, we celebrate Saint John of the Cross, born into poverty and called to reform religious life. Imprisoned for his fidelity, he found not despair but deep union with God. From darkness came Dark Night of the Soul. #jesus #catholicchurch #catholic #saintjohnofthecross #stjohnofthecross
✨ Saint John of the Cross unveils faith as the only light capable of uniting us with God, a light so dazzling it exceeds all understanding.
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🕯️ Saint John of the Cross teaches that the “clay jar” of this life only hides the lamp of faith. When it breaks, we behold God face to face in glory.
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Beautiful words
"This knowledge in unknowing
Is so overwhelming
That wise men disputing
Can never overthrow it,
For their knowledge does not reach
To the understanding of not understanding,
Transcending all knowledge."
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💛 The language God best hears is silent love. St. John of the Cross teaches us to love as God desires, not in our own ways. When evening comes, we will be examined in love. Are we ready for that examination?
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🔥 St. John of the Cross warns that the devil is a notorious and subtle meddler in spiritual revelations. Learn how to guard against deception.
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🙏 St. John of the Cross teaches that God will answer our prayers at the opportune time. Even when God does not answer immediately, he will not fail to answer if we do not become discouraged and give up our prayer.
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🕊️ "Teresa of Jesus, our Mother, left writings about these spiritual matters that are admirably done." St. John of the Cross speaks of his foundress with deep reverence and gratitude for her spiritual guidance.
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❤️ "The immense blessings of God can only enter and fit into an empty and solitary heart." St. John of the Cross explains why the Lord wants us to be alone with him.
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🕊️ "People must walk by faith in their journey to God." St. John of the Cross teaches that faith is the only adequate means to union with God, and the greater one's faith, the closer the union.
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🌅 "To step free from enslavement, we need a love which fills us." St. John of the Cross and Iain Matthew reveal how God's overwhelming love offers true spiritual freedom.
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💝 "He truly loves you with the desire of being himself all your company." St. John of the Cross reveals God's intimate longing to be our sole companion and joy.
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🌟 "What answer could surpass this?" St. John of the Cross teaches why God's complete Word in Christ satisfies every spiritual longing and answers every question we could ask.
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“It is our anxiety that creates our needs.”
Stop managing everything in fear.
St. John of the Cross invites us to lead with trust in God.
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On the feast of St. Barnabas in 1586, St. John of the Cross wrote from Seville—navigating delays, trusting God, and building Carmel.
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“Sometimes you cannot surmount one ruse without using another.”
John of the Cross, in a 1586 letter full of wit, strategy, and reforming fire.
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“Speak little and do not meddle.” – #StJohnOfTheCross
Let silence become a deeper act of love and humility.
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“God deliver us from ourselves.”
St. John of the Cross says true treasure is hidden from even ourselves, so that God alone may enjoy it.
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“Not through high contemplation…”
Saint John of the Cross teaches that humility and surrender are the path to union with God.
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🌊 “God has done well, for abandonment is a steel file.” St. John of the Cross, writing four years after his escape from captivity, reflects on darkness as a path to light. Read his words: carmelitequotes.subs...
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Quote from St John of the Cross: "The hope of heaven attains as much as it hopes for." Background: pink and blue hazy sky
“I flew so high, so high, that I overtook the prey.” 🕊️✨ St. John of the Cross speaks of the soul’s bold ascent toward God—a flight of love and hope. Let his poetry draw you nearer to heaven!
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Quote from the Spiritual Canticle of St John of the Cross: "The Son is the only delight of the Father, who rests nowhere else nor is present in any other than in his beloved Son." Image: Jordan River in Israel by photographer Tammy / Adobe Stock
“The Son is the only delight of the Father” (St. John of the Cross). On the feast of Christ’s baptism, we reflect on the soul’s longing for union with the Beloved. 🌊🕊️
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Caption: "His gaze healed me" Background: Portrait of St John of the Cross gazing toward heaven
“His gaze healed me of so many vanities.” ✨ In this poignant short story, Fr. Miguel Márquez, OCD, imagines a physician recalling St. John of the Cross’s final days—his suffering, his trust, his holiness. 🌌 Read it here: carmelitequotes.blog...
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Caption: Saint John of the Cross: A reading guide Background: An 18th century crayon-manner engraving of St. John of the Cross embracing and gazing at a simple cross, without a corpus
📖 Explore the wisdom of St. John of the Cross with our step-by-step reading guide! Poetry, letters, and spiritual depth await you. 🙏
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Discover St. John of the Cross's spiritual wisdom! Our practical reading guide offers steps to engage his profound writings. Start now! #StJohnoftheCross
