Jesus may be in your soul. (…) May the soul cling to nothing, for when prayer is not lacking, God will take care of His possession, for it does not belong to another lord and will not belong to Him. I see this in myself, for the more something belongs to me, the more of my soul and heart I have in it, and I take care of it, because the beloved thing merges with the loving into one; and so God does with those whom He loves.
(John of the Cross, letter to Mrs. Juana de Pedraza, January 28, 1589)
