Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you remember Christ crucified and be silent.
– John of the Cross –
John of the Cross
June 23, 2011
The soul is purged and prepared for union with the divine light just as the wood is prepared for transformation into the fire . . . by heating and enkindling it from without the fire transforms the wood into itself and makes it as beautiful as itself.
– St. John of the Cross –