Daily Meditations (The Love of God in Practice by St Alphonsus Liguori

The Passion 

 

Our Redeemer called that the hour : His own hour - hora eius - because the time of His death was the time that was so longed for by Him: it was the hour chosen by Him to give to men the last proof of His love, when He was brought to His end in pain and sorrow.  

 

O Eternal Love, my soul is seeking for you, and it chooses you for ever. O come, Holy Spirit, and inflame our hearts with your love. Oh! to love! Oh! to die! O Saviour of our souls, let me sing though eternity: Live Jesus, whom I love; I love Jesus who lives for ever and ever!"

God's gift of Himself

"He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. (Phil,.2 ,8). 

God's Gift of Himself 

In the same way, the Son has given Himself unreservedly to us, because of the love which He has for us : "He loved us and he sacrificed himself for us." (Gal., 2, 30).

Gods gift of himself 

But God was not satisfied with giving all these beautiful creatures to us. To make captive all our love, He has added the gift of His own self - the Eternal Father has added the gift of His own Son: "God so loved the world as to give his only-begotten Son." (John, 3,16). 

God’s Gifts Tell Of His Love
When St Mary Magdelain de Pazzi held a beautiful flower in her hand, she was inflamed by it with the love of God in the same way: and she said: “From this I know that my Lord has thought of me from eternity, for he has created this flower for love of me!”

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