August19, 2007

 

 The Power of Love

 

 

It’s not enough not to do evil; you must do good.
I am God and have defined myself as Love.
You are my children and have to become Love.
Love is perfection for me arid for you.
Love is my life and must become your life.
Love is my joy and must become your joy.
Love conquers all, achieves all, resolves all.
Try it, and you’ll see.
When you’re sad, do a loving deed and your sadness will pass.
When you’re lonely, try to communicate with me or your fellow-beings arid loneliness will vanish.
When you want to experience the taste of my presence within you, do a charitable action and you will feel me.
When you feel you are dying, love; life will pulsate through you,
Love lights up all, heals all, makes sense of all.
Love is Paradise.
Who loves is in joy; who loves not is in sorrow.
Love is truth; who loves is veracious.
Love is eternal life.
The joy of the saints is to live for love.
The fulfillment of human nature is to die for love.
Where charity and love reign, there is God.
I your God have defined myself as love.
I am love.

 

—From And God Saw That It Was Good by Carlo Carretto As we gather this week, I pray we may all give thanks for
all we have learned about the love of God from the examples of the loving people we have known.
 

Ashley