# Love of God ## The Way of Perfection LOVE GOD'S LOVE FOR US. Since God loves us, he adapts himself to our size ([[tj-way-ccel-28|28.11]]). In the first words of the Our Father, the Lord shows us the magnificent love he bears us ([[tj-way-ccel-26|26.10]]; [[tj-way-ccel-26|27]]; [[tj-way-ccel-27|27.4]]). He teaches us how the love of his Father can be obtained ([[tj-way-ccel-32|32.11]]). The Blessed Sacrament is a wonderful means given by Jesus to show the extreme of his love for us ([[tj-way-ccel-33|33.1]]). He, seemingly, tells the Father that he is now ours and not to take him from us until the end of the world ([[tj-way-ccel-33|33.4]]). He showed his love for us openly through many sufferings and, finally, by the shedding of his blood unto death for us ([[tj-way-ccel-26|26.5]]; [[tj-way-ccel-40|40.7]]). In the love we have for God, we are certain that he loves us ([[tj-way-ccel-40|40.5]]). LOVE, FOR GOD. Out of love for God the nuns give up freedom and undergo trials, fasts, silence, enclosure, and service in choir ([[tj-way-ccel-12|12.1]]). True love of God is completely free of earthly things and is the lord of all the elements of the world ([[tj-way-ccel-19|19.4]]). When the soul is enkindled in love it doesn't know how it loves ([[tj-way-ccel-25|25.2]]). In the kingdom of heaven, everyone loves God, and the soul thinks of nothing else than loving him; it cannot cease loving him because it knows him ([[tj-way-ccel-30|30.5]]). Whoever loves him much will be able to suffer much for him ([[tj-way-ccel-32|32.7]]). An image of the One loved brings wonderful comfort ([[tj-way-ccel-34|34.11]]). Those who truly love God, desire, favor, praise, and love every good; they join, favor, and defend good people ([[tj-way-ccel-40|40.3]]). Those who love God dedicate their lives to learning how they might please him more ([[tj-way-ccel-40|40.3]]). The genuine love of God cannot hide itself ([[tj-way-ccel-40|40.3]]). With contemplatives, there is much love of God, or they wouldn't be contemplatives ([[tj-way-ccel-40|40.4]]). ## Divine Intimacy Meditations - Is the power that unites the soul to God [[4-charity-the-essence-of-sanctity#Meditation 2|4,2]]; [[100-sin#Meditation 1|100,1]]; [[250-charity#Meditation 2|250,2]]; [[345-union-with-god#Meditation 1|345,1]]; [[361-unitive-love#Meditation 1|361,1]], [[361-unitive-love#Meditation 2|361,2]]; - true — consists in doing the Will of God: [[5-sanctity-and-gods-will#Meditation 1|5,1]]; [[19-seeking-god-in-love#Meditation 1|19,1]], [[19-seeking-god-in-love#Meditation 2|19,2]]; [[255-the-act-of-love#Meditation 1|255,1]], [[255-the-act-of-love#Meditation 2|255,2]]; [[256-the-life-of-love#Meditation 1|256,1]]; - the perfection of — consists in full conformity to the Will of God: [[6-sanctity-and-my-duties#Meditation 1|6,1]]; [[120-the-value-of-obedience#Meditation 1|120,1]]; [[251-the-love-of-friendship#Meditation 2|251,2]]; - pure — seeks only the glory of God and the fulfillment of His Will [[256-the-life-of-love#Meditation 1|256,1]]; - the soul who with all its strength believes that God is truly God will love Him very much: [[19-seeking-god-in-love#Meditation 1|19,1]]; - — makes one taste and experience God: [[19-seeking-god-in-love#Meditation 1|19,1]]; - — confers on the soul the “sense of God”: [[143-the-living-water#Meditation 2|143,2]]; [[157-aridity-and-contemplation#Meditation 2|157,2]]; [[158-loving-attention#Meditation 1|158,1]], [[158-loving-attention#Meditation 2|158,2]]; - prayer is above all an exercise of —: [[149-meditative-reading#Meditation 2|149,2]]; [[150-meditation#Meditation 1|150,1]], [[150-meditation#Meditation 2|150,2]]; - of — is born the loving knowledge of God: [[150-meditation#Meditation 1|150,1]]; - — is reinforced by prayer: [[256-the-life-of-love#Meditation 2|256,2]]; - love of charity is pure benevolence toward God: [[19-seeking-god-in-love#Meditation 1|19,1]]; - — makes one love God for Himself as He loves Himself: [[250-charity#Meditation 2|250,2]]; - renders one capable of loving God with the love of friendship: [[250-charity#Meditation 2|250,2]]; [[251-the-love-of-friendship#Meditation 2|251,2]]; - makes man live no longer for himself but for God [[251-the-love-of-friendship#Meditation 2|251,2]]; - infusing charity in us, God has made us capable of returning His love [[251-the-love-of-friendship#Meditation 2|251,2]]; - our friendship with God will be perfect when there is nothing in us contrary to His Will: [[251-the-love-of-friendship#Meditation 2|251,2]]; - — does not consist in sentiment, but in the act of the will: [[19-seeking-god-in-love#Meditation 2|19,2]]; [[158-loving-attention#Meditation 1|158,1]]; [[255-the-act-of-love#Meditation 1|255,1]]; [[361-unitive-love#Meditation 1|361,1]]; - the love of charity does not consist in sentiment, but in the will to give God the preference over all things: [[158-loving-attention#Meditation 1|158,1]]; [[255-the-act-of-love#Meditation 2|255,2]]; - relations between the feeling of — and the act of —: [[255-the-act-of-love#Meditation 1|255,1]], [[255-the-act-of-love#Meditation 2|255,2]]; - — is true even when deprived of feeling: [[255-the-act-of-love#Meditation 1|255,1]]; [[356-the-love-of-esteem#Meditation 1|356,1]]; - lacking the feeling of love, one needs to apply oneself with all one’s strength to accomplish its works: [[355-the-development-of-love#Meditation 2|355,2]]; - one should not seek enjoyment in —, but should seek to make progress in it: [[361-unitive-love#Meditation 1|361,1]]; - to return with — the infinite — for us [[22-behold-the-savior-comes#Meditation 1|22,1]]; [[30-believing-in-love#Meditation 1|30,1]]; [[31-returning-love-for-love#Meditation 1|31,1]], [[31-returning-love-for-love#Meditation 2|31,2]]; [[150-meditation#Meditation 1|150,1]]; [[211-returning-love-for-love#Meditation 1|211,1]], [[211-returning-love-for-love#Meditation 2|211,2]]; [[252-correspondence-with-grace#Meditation 1|252,1]]; - — is a spur to generosity: [[30-believing-in-love#Meditation 1|30,1]]; [[31-returning-love-for-love#Meditation 1|31,1]], [[31-returning-love-for-love#Meditation 2|31,2]]; [[211-returning-love-for-love#Meditation 1|211,1]], [[211-returning-love-for-love#Meditation 2|211,2]]; [[290-generosity#Meditation 1|290,1]]; - and to the total gift of self: [[212-consecration-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus#Meditation 1|212,1]]; [[250-charity#Meditation 2|250,2]]; [[290-generosity#Meditation 2|290,2]]; - to love and to despoil oneself of all that is not God for God: [[31-returning-love-for-love#Meditation 2|31,2]]; [[348-purifying-love#Meditation 2|348,2]]; - the — and the cult of God should always have the first place: [[134-the-supper-at-bethany#Meditation 1|134,1]]; - when the — has taken full possession of a soul there remains no room for other loves: [[142-whom-seek-you#Meditation 1|142,1]]; [[356-the-love-of-esteem#Meditation 1|356,1]]; [[358-courageous-and-impatient-love#Meditation 2|358,2]]; - how the loving soul seeks God: [[142-whom-seek-you#Meditation 1|142,1]], [[142-whom-seek-you#Meditation 2|142,2]]; - the need to love God above all things: [[253-the-precept-of-charity#Meditation 2|253,2]]; - generous and continuous exercise of —: [[256-the-life-of-love#Meditation 2|256,2]]; - only — can give an intuition of the mystery of the — for us: [[208-feast-of-the-most-sacred-heart-of-jesus#Meditation 2|208,2]]; - the degree of — attained on earth is the same as that with which we shall love God in Heaven: 35.1; [[256-the-life-of-love#Meditation 1|256,1]]; [[384-all-saints#Meditation 1|384,1]]; - only in Heaven shall we be able to love God with absolute perfection and stability: [[253-the-precept-of-charity#Meditation 1|253,1]]; [[256-the-life-of-love#Meditation 1|256,1]]; - to increase in love, one must do good works with all one’s heart: [[35-let-us-make-good-use-of-time#Meditation 2|35,2]]; [[180-the-growth-of-charity-in-mary#Meditation 2|180,2]]; [[256-the-life-of-love#Meditation 2|256,2]]; - necessary to keep oneself in contact with God [[301-the-characteristics-of-a-christian#Meditation 1|301,1]]; - however much we love God, we shall not be able to love Him to the extent of His lovableness: [[53-jesus-the-teacher-of-sanctity#Meditation 2|53,2]]; [[99-conversion#Meditation 2|99,2]]; [[249-boundless-hope#Meditation 1|249,1]]; [[253-the-precept-of-charity#Meditation 1|253,1]]; - measure of loving God is to love without measure [[99-conversion#Meditation 2|99,2]]; [[253-the-precept-of-charity#Meditation 1|253,1]]; - — is inseparable from the love of neighbor: [[64-jesus-and-mankind#Meditation 2|64,2]]; [[181-mary-and-fraternal-charity#Meditation 1|181,1]], [[181-mary-and-fraternal-charity#Meditation 2|181,2]]; [[257-fraternal-charity#Meditation 1|257,1]], [[257-fraternal-charity#Meditation 2|257,2]]; [[301-the-characteristics-of-a-christian#Meditation 2|301,2]]; [[323-the-apostolic-ideal#Meditation 2|323,2]]; - the more a soul loves God, the more it loves its neighbor: [[181-mary-and-fraternal-charity#Meditation 1|181,1]]; [[258-the-motive-for-fraternal-charity#Meditation 1|258,1]]; - a soul who loves God loves all that God loves: [[181-mary-and-fraternal-charity#Meditation 2|181,2]]; [[260-the-extent-of-fraternal-charity#Meditation 2|260,2]]; - we cannot be deceived about our — if we love our neighbor: [[257-fraternal-charity#Meditation 2|257,2]]; - the best way to increase our — is careful practice of fraternal charity: [[271-love-of-neighbor-and-love-of-god#Meditation 2|271,2]]; - from — is born zeal for souls: [[317-zeal-for-souls#Meditation 1|317,1]]; [[344-the-holy-spirit-and-the-apostolate#Meditation 1|344,1]]; - reality of — is shown by embracing suffering for His love: [[96-the-proof-of-love#Meditation 1|96,1]], [[96-the-proof-of-love#Meditation 2|96,2]]; [[132-love-of-the-cross#Meditation 2|132,2]]; [[360-strong-and-active-love#Meditation 1|360,1]]; - the stronger the — the more it enables the soul to embrace what is painful and arduous for God: [[288-courage#Meditation 1|288,1]]; [[289-magnanimity#Meditation 2|289,2]]; [[356-the-love-of-esteem#Meditation 1|356,1]], [[356-the-love-of-esteem#Meditation 2|356,2]]; [[360-strong-and-active-love#Meditation 1|360,1]], [[360-strong-and-active-love#Meditation 2|360,2]]; - the stronger the soul is in suffering, the stronger is —: [[360-strong-and-active-love#Meditation 2|360,2]]; - — when it is perfect, destroys sin more than does purgatory: [[100-sin#Meditation 2|100,2]]; - — can make any suffering a means of sanctification: [[127-the-value-of-suffering#Meditation 2|127,2]]; - whoever works purely for the — seeks his own interest in nothing: [[115-to-be-hidden-from-myself#Meditation 2|115,2]]; [[256-the-life-of-love#Meditation 1|256,1]]; [[355-the-development-of-love#Meditation 2|355,2]]; [[356-the-love-of-esteem#Meditation 2|356,2]]; - one degree of pure — is more precious in the sight of God and more useful to the Church than all other works combined: [[342-martha-and-mary#Meditation 2|342,2]]; [[368-the-triumph-of-love#Meditation 2|368,2]]; - — makes the soul completely forgetful of self, of one’s consolations and satisfactions: [[355-the-development-of-love#Meditation 2|355,2]]; [[356-the-love-of-esteem#Meditation 2|356,2]]; [[360-strong-and-active-love#Meditation 2|360,2]]; [[370-divine-intimacy#Meditation 2|370,2]]; - torturing pain not to love God: [[157-aridity-and-contemplation#Meditation 2|157,2]]; [[158-loving-attention#Meditation 1|158,1]]; - — is purified, strengthened, and developed by aridity: [[255-the-act-of-love#Meditation 2|255,2]]; - and by the painful trials of the night of the spirit: [[355-the-development-of-love#Meditation 1|355,1]], [[355-the-development-of-love#Meditation 2|355,2]]; - for the soul who loves God, the fear of not loving Him is a very great torment: [[355-the-development-of-love#Meditation 2|355,2]]; - the strong and appreciative — that the Holy Spirit infuses into the soul by purifying trials: [[356-the-love-of-esteem#Meditation 1|356,1]], [[356-the-love-of-esteem#Meditation 2|356,2]]; - the fire of love invades the soul so much the more as it is purified from everything contrary to it: [[360-strong-and-active-love#Meditation 2|360,2]]; - — makes the ardent soul impatient in its inspirations for union with God: [[358-courageous-and-impatient-love#Meditation 1|358,1]], [[358-courageous-and-impatient-love#Meditation 2|358,2]]; - most careful to avoid the least offense against God: [[359-humble-and-reverent-love#Meditation 1|359,1]]; - — indomitable in fatigue and suffering for God: [[360-strong-and-active-love#Meditation 1|360,1]], [[360-strong-and-active-love#Meditation 2|360,2]]; - — in proportion to its strength, unites the soul to God: [[361-unitive-love#Meditation 1|361,1]], [[361-unitive-love#Meditation 2|361,2]]; - — draws God to the soul and the soul to God: [[361-unitive-love#Meditation 2|361,2]]; - it is of the utmost importance to exercise oneself much in love in order to attain union with God while on earth and hereafter in a blessed eternity: [[364-the-end-of-the-world#Meditation 2|364,2]]; - sublime exercise of — in the soul which has attained union with God: [[368-the-triumph-of-love#Meditation 1|368,1]], [[368-the-triumph-of-love#Meditation 2|368,2]]; - — renders the soul so conformed to God as to transform it into Him: [[369-transforming-love#Meditation 1|369,1]]; - in this state the soul loves God with the equality of love: [[369-transforming-love#Meditation 2|369,2]]; - the enamored soul longs for union and intimacy with God, not for enjoyment, but to love Him always more: [[370-divine-intimacy#Meditation 2|370,2]]. - See: [[love|Love]], [[charity|Charity]].