"The first thing necessary in loving Our Lord is to believe Him lovable. What are the sort of persons one loves? First, they must be easy to get on with. How many in their heart of hearts think Our Lord easy to get on with? We think Him touchy, unapproachable, easily annoyed or offended. And yet all this fear of Him pains Him very much. Would our father wish us to hang our heads, be shy and shrinking in his presence? How much less so our Heavenly Father? He has an almost foolish love for us. Never was a mother so blind to the faults of her child as Our Lord is to ours. He makes allowances to an almost extravagant degree. He is infinitely quicker to pity and help than to blame and punish. Whatever attracts you in your fellow-creatures is His gift, and possessed by Him in a higher sense. And yet how many ascribe to Him mean and petty ways, trying to catch us out, to be ungenerous, conduct we would not tolerate in human friendship. There is nothing easier than to love God, because there is nothing unlovable in Him. God is love, He asks our love in return. Oh, mu God, fill my heart, my soul, my whole being with the fire of Your Divine Love. You, oh my God, are the God of my heart, and my portion forever."
(Words of Encouragement)
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