Paul of the Cross' Spirituality

"...Now I want you to enter always more into the depth of the desert. There in that divine solitude, which is within you in your essence, in the intimacy of your soul, be reborn in the Divine Word to a new life of love. God reposes in you. God penetrates you completely and you are completely in God, all transformed in his love, etc. Ah, my mind is lost and I lack concepts..."

Paul of the Cross to Anthony Lucattini
2nd letter on May 25, 1751 in Vol. 2 on Page 257

"...enter into the divine solitude through the gate that is Jesus Christ and his Passion, but without images, in pure faith. Having done that, allow your soul to repose in God with a sweet loving attention in the sacred silence of faith and love..."

Paul of the Cross to Thomas Fossi
41st letter on June, 1751 in Vol. 2 on Page 264

"...Oh, how much I recommend holy interior solitude, remaining like an infant in that sacred interior desert! When your occupations distract you a bit from this divine solitude, arouse your faith sweetly, and peacefully concentrate your attention on God in your interior kingdom. Oh, what riches this is!..."

Paul of the Cross to John Anthony Lucattini
9th letter on December 16, 1751 in Vol. 2 on Page 293

"...Oh, fortunate that soul who, well purged from vices, detached from everything created, and in a profound annihilation, remains in a holy, divine solitude with profound interior recollection, and then in that sacred desert reposes on the bosom of the Father and is reborn every moment in the Divine Word to a new life of holy love, a divine life..."

Paul's Charism