Love can do all…
You ask me a method of attaining perfection. I know of love – and only love. Love can do all things.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Love is shown…
Love is shown more in deeds than in words.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
The nature of love…
The nature of love is that it is diffusive, unifying, and transforming. It is diffusive when it flows out and sheds the rays of its goodness not merely on friends and neighbors, but on enemies and strangers as well. It unites because it makes lovers one in deed and will, and draws into one Christ and every holy soul. He who holds on to God is one in spirit with him, not by nature, but by grace and identity of will. Love has also the power of transforming, for it transforms the lover into his Beloved, and makes him dwell in him. Thus it happens that when the fire of the Holy Spirit really gets hold of the heart it sets it wholly on fire and, so to speak, turns it into flame, leading it into that state in which it is most like God.
–Richard Rolle (c. 1300-1349)
Love was, is, and shall be…
Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.
— Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Without expectation, do something for love itself, not for what you may receive. Love in action is what gives us grace. We have been created for greater things – to love and to be loved. Love is love – to love a person without any conditions, without any expectations. Small things, done in great love, bring joy and peace. To love, it is necessary to give. To give, it is necessary to be free from selfishness.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
To love God is…
To love God is something greater than to know Him.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
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