Paul writes in his diary: "I had a keen infused knowledge of the sufferings of my Jesus and I felt so ardent a desire to be perfectly united with him that I wished really to feel his own sufferings and to be on the Cross with him." ~Paul of the Cross' Diary on December 6, 1720 (14th day of Paul's 40 day Castellazzo Retreat in Vol. 1 on Page 11)... "I know that God makes me understand that the soul which God wishes to draw to a high degree of union with himself by means of prayer must travel along this road of suffering in prayer, of suffering I repeat, without any sensible consolation so that the soul no longer knows where it is, so to speak." ~Paul of the Cross' Diary on December 10-13, 1720 (18-21th day of Paul's 40 day Castellazzo Retreat in Vol. 1 on Page 13)

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