Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. He was canonized by Benedict XIII in 1726 and declared Doctor of the Church by Pius XI in 1926.
If you wish to attain holy recollection, you will do so not by receiving but by denying.
Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the beloved.
There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.
