The little white dove Has returned to the ark with the bough; And now the turtle-dove Its desired mate On the green banks has found. ~ 34 - John of the Cross

God leads into the dark night those whom He desires to purify from all these imperfections so that He may bring them farther onward.

My sole occupation is love. All my occupation now is the practice of the love of God, all the powers of soul and body, memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, the desires of spirit and of sense, all work in and by love. All I do is done in love; all I suffer, I suffer in the sweetness of love.

If a man wishes to be sure of the road he’s traveling on, then he must close his syes and travel in the dark.