What is true love? St. Padre Pio says it is the love you have for Jesus and the love He has for you. "The bitterness of love is still sweet and its weight suave," St. Pio said. "Therefore, why do you continually say, when feeling its great transports, that you are unable to contain it? Your heart is small, but it is expandable, and when it can no longer contain the grandeur of the Beloved, and resist its immense pressure, do not fear, because He is both inside and outside of you. By pouring Himself into your interior, He will surround the walls. Like an open shell in the ocean, you will drink your fill, and exhuberantly you will be surrounded and carried along by His power." (Letters 3, page 1040)
Please forgive me, dear friend, by the way, for not posting anything last week. I was recovering from surgery.
Monday, February 8, 2010
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