Love of God

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Love the Lord your God
with all your heart.
Matthew 22:37
 


Lord, our God, grant us the grace to desire you
with our whole 
heart, so that in desiring,
we may seek and find you;
and so finding you, 
we may love you.

 
St. Anselm of Canterbury, 11th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
God is love.
1 John 4:16
 


If we love God we ourselves become divinized.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
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Blessed are the pure of heart.
Matthew 5:18
 


Nothing is sweeter than the calm of conscience,
nothing safer than purity of soul.

 
St. Columbanus, 7th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
 I love you, Lord.
Psalm 18:1
 


Love God, not for your sake, but for his sake,
because he is the highest good, and worthy to be loved.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

 
 
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Remain in me and I in you.
Jesus; John 15:4
 


Intimacy with the Lord
is not a matter of physical kinship;
rather, it is achieved by cheerful readiness
to do the will of God.

 
St. Basil, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I will go to the altar of God...
and I will praise You.
Psalm 43:4
 


Try to gather more frequently
to celebrate God's Eucharist and to 
praise him.
For when you meet with frequency,
Satan's powers are overthrown.

 
St. Ignatius of Antioch, 1st century)

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I love you, Lord.
Psalm 18:1
 


Love God, not for your sake, but for his sake,
because he is the highest good, and worthy to be loved.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I have called you by name;
you are mine.
Isaiah 43:1
 


A person’s love for God
depends on how deeply they are aware of God’s love for them.

 
St. Diadochus of Photice, 5th century

 

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