No matter how much individuals do through their own efforts, they cannot actively purify themselves enough to be disposed in the least degree for the divine union of the perfection of love. God must take over and purge them in that fire that is dark for them, as we will explain.
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About San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan de la Cruz was a 16th-century Spanish catholic priest and christian mystic. St. John of the Cross was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, mystic, and Carmelite friar of Converso ancestry. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- God — Spiritual reflections on the divine, faith, and creation