What you most seek and desire you will not find by this way of yours, nor through high contemplation, but in much humility and submission of heart.
Saint John of the Cross
Sayings of Light and Love, 40
John of the Cross, St. 1991, The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Revised Edition, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K and Rodriguez, O with revisions and introductions by Kavanaugh, K, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
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Very instructive, and lovely photo! Reminds me of my all-time favourite: ‘God desires the least degree of obedience and submissiveness more than all those services you think of rendering him.’ (St. John of the Cross, The Sayings of Light and Love #12)
Another winner from our Holy Father!