Paul of the Cross' Spirituality

"...I am praying the gentle Jesus to have you reborn to a life that is completely holy and godlike. Believe that by remaining in your interior solitude with that sacred silence of faith and holy love, you will celebrate in your heart that Divine Birth, and you will be reborn to a new life of grace in the Divine Word..."

Paul of the Cross to Maria Cherubina Bresciani
33rd letter on December 14, 1746 in Vol. 1 on Page 535

"...So keep within your interior, repose on the divine bosom of the Highest Good, stir your heart up frequently to holy love, burn with love, preserve internal peace, flee from perturbation as though it were a plague, be vigilant never to allow yourself to be upset by your faults, but humble yourself gently before God with a sweet, loving, sorrowful contrition and make a resolution to do better, and then go ahead with your conduct in peace without losing interior solitude, reposing on the loving bosom of our great Father God..."

Paul of the Cross to Fulgentius Pastorelli of Jusus
35th letter on July 31, 1748 in Vol. 2 on Page 53

"..I rejoice much in your good, for you remain in your sweet interior solitude, and in the intimate depth of your spirit you cling always more to the Highest Good. I, poor man, am in an always more horrible, fearful state; I fear and I tremble. May God in his mercy save my poor soul..."

Paul of the Cross to Thomas Fossi
29th letter on May 30, 1749 in Vol. 2 on Page 154

"...Keep your interior totally abstracted from all images of creatures, seek a greater inner nakedness and poverty of spirit. Remain in a true interior solitude in the depth or essence of your soul, that is to say, stay in the temple of your soul.

In the higher reaches of your soul, be attentive to your true nothingness, that you have nothing, can do nothing, etc. “But all sufficiency is from God.” Then in this peaceful interior solitude, stay there in pure faith and holy love, reposing on the bosom of the Heavenly Father where all good is to be found. This solitude can be practiced in everything and in all activities without taxing the head and the mind, but with a sweet, loving attention, awakening and revivifying faith in a delicate, peaceful, quiet way with the higher part, which is the noblest part, the sanctuary of the soul...."

Paul's Charism