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Saint John of the Cross: Spanish Carmelite mystic and poet, 1542 to 1591.

In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.

Saint John of the Cross · The source reads: “When evening comes, you will be examined in love. Learn to love as God desires to be loved and abandon your own ways of acting.” · The form the Catechism of the Catholic Church quotes (paragraph 1022, "At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love"); the Carmelite mystic's saying reads in full "When evening comes, you will be examined in love."

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