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Spiritual Thoughts From St. John Of The Cross |
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"St. John of the Cross wrote about a necessary condition to be fulfilled in our journey toward union with God: When thy mind dwells upon anything, thou art ceasing to cast thyself upon the All. For, in order to pass from the all to the All, thou hast to deny thyself wholly in all." (God Alone Suffices, Third Edition, pg. 128) |
Wow...this is hard to do when we have been hurt or suffered a major loss. Unless we somehow go into denial, most of us replay the event in our heads over and over again trying to figure out what went wrong or why something like this is happening. Instead of stopping and going to God in prayer for the answers, we think we have them ourselves.
I sometimes wonder at how much time I waste trying to figure things out.I forget that Jesus has already figured them out and all I have to do is follow him. Still it is difficult.
