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 1  Abbr,   0    |          The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Doctor
 2  Intr,   0    |         a "royal soul", in the Saint's happy phrase, the slave
 3  Intr,   0    |        with contemplation. The Saint protests against such ideas
 4  Intr,   0    |                   And here the Saint propounds a difficult question
 5  Intr,   0    |        manuscript reflects the Saint's ideas, as we know them,
 6  Intr,   0    |     Church was dictated by the Saint for the edition of the book
 7  Intr,   0    |       most of them made by the Saint herself, whose practice
 8  Intr,   0    |     there are were made by the Saint's confessor, P. Garc'a de
 9  Pref,   0    |       added to the text of the Saint, nothing has been omitted,
10  Pref,   0    |      characteristic of all the Saint's writings -- indeed, excepting
11  Pref,   0    |       roles she is equally the Saint.~
12  Argo,   0    |      sisters of the Convent of Saint Joseph of çvila, which was
13  Prol         |     sisters of this Convent of Saint Joseph, knowing that I had
14  Prol         |      the Order of the glorious Saint Dominic, who at present
15  Unic,   2    |     then happy are the nuns of Saint Joseph's! For the love of
16  Unic,   2    |    house will decline, for, as Saint Clare said, the walls of
17  Unic,   4    |   There must be no workroom at Saint Joseph's; for, although
18  Unic,   5    |     Order, even though he be a saint, they are led to believe
19  Unic,   7    |     same way as themselves, as Saint Monica prevailed with Him
20  Unic,   7    |  Monica prevailed with Him for Saint Augustine. Their heart does
21  Unic,  12    |    offer it to Him, for even a saint could not bear more. The
22  Unic,  16    |     out at once: "Well, I'm no saint"; I used to say that myself.~
23  Unic,  17    |                                Saint Martha was holy, but we
24  Unic,  17    |       this little community is Saint Martha's house and that
25  Unic,  19    |      that a poor little nun of Saint Joseph's should attain mastery
26  Unic,  19    |     God? Fire and water obeyed Saint Martin; even birds and fishes
27  Unic,  19    |        fishes were obedient to Saint Francis; and similarly with
28  Unic,  19    |      desire to be with God, as Saint Paul had, and to be loosed
29  Unic,  22(82)|   respect and not of rank: the Saint often uses it, for example,
30  Unic,  26    |        Virgin and this blessed saint must have suffered! What
31  Unic,  27    |      the Lord was pleased that Saint Peter, who was a fisherman,
32  Unic,  27    |       have more authority than Saint Bartholomew, who was the
33  Unic,  28    | fulness of glory. Remember how Saint Augustine tells us about
34  Unic,  31    |       and will gladly say with Saint Peter: "Lord, let us make
35  Unic,  40    |     they cannot. Why, think of Saint Paul or the Magdalen. One
36  Unic,  40    |      Magdalen. One of these -- Saint Paul -- found in three days
37  Unic,  42    |     not to the saints, who, as Saint Paul said, can do all things
38  Unic,  42    |  Domingo B‡-ez of the Order of Saint Dominic. If he thinks you