In the exercise of love, all virtues do spring up and grow. Johannes Tauler OP (1300–1361)
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A Blissful Cross
Take your Cross from God and suffer, and then it will become a blissful Cross. Johannes Tauler OP (1300–1361)
Measure for Measure
This becoming one with the Eternal Goodness cannot come to pass but by an absolute renunciation of our self, and all that is ours, natural or spiritual; for in the same measure that a man comes out from himself, in that measure does God enter in with His divine grace, and he who loses his life …
Calvary and Tabor
[The theologian] Richard of Saint Victor says: “I receive Christ not alone on the Cross, but also in His Transfiguration on Mount Tabor…” That is to say, in all our distresses, in all our painful inward destitution, we may boldly believe that Christ is present with us. Johannes Tauler OP (1300–1361)
All His Life
All his life, from the Manger to the Cross, was mingled grief and joy. Johannes Tauler OP (1300–1361)
Detachment in a Few Words
Take that which is rough and uneven, rather than tasting and feeling. Johannes Tauler OP (1300–1361)
Far Better
If a man does his part [in prayer and virtue], and yet feels forsaken in his heart, it is far better for him than any experiences or feelings would be that he could have. Johannes Tauler OP (1300–1361)
Trusting All Things to God
Where can a man warm himself better than by the fire? So it is in God. Man must bring all that concerns him to God, and leave all with Him. God will provide for him in the best of ways. He must trust all things to God; and, in that trust, he must be ready …
Be Silent, Endure
Be silent, endure, and accept all as from God, that you may learn to know yourself thereby. Johannes Tauler OP (1300–1361)
None More Ardent Than He
None of us ever desire anything more ardently than God desires to bring men to the knowledge of Himself. Johannes Tauler OP (1300–1361)
Contemplative in the Mud 