SONG OF SONGS 8:6-7
“Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death… Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it”.
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*PICCARRETA*:
Feb. 6. “To live in order to be consumed in love is the most beautiful act.”
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BOH VOL 11 May 9, 1912
This morning, finding myself in my usual state, I was thinking about how we can consume ourselves in love; and blessed Jesus, on coming, told me:
“My daughter, if the will wants nothing but Me, if the intellect occupies itself with nothing but knowing Me, if the memory remembers nothing other than Me; here they are – the three powers of the soul consumed in love.
The same for the senses: if one speaks only about Me, if she hears only that which regards Me, if she enjoys only my things, if she works and walks only for Me, if her heart loves only Me, if her desires desire only Me; here it is – the consummation in love formed in her senses.
My daughter, love has a sweet enchantment, and it renders the soul blind to all that is not love, making her all eyes for all that is love.
Therefore, for one who loves, whatever her will may encounter, if it is love, she becomes all eyes; if not, she becomes blind, stupid and does not understand anything.
The same for her tongue; if she has to speak about love, she feels many eyes of light flow within her word and becomes eloquent; if not, she begins to stammer and ends up dumb; and so with all the rest.
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PRAYER FOR THE DAY:
“My Lord, my little Heart feels consumed with love at the loving ways of Your divine speaking. With all my love, I say to You:
“Highest Majesty, I am here in your arms; dispose of Me whatever way You want. I will lay down even my life – and if I had as many lives for as many as are the creatures, I would put them at their disposal and Yours, to bring them, all safe, into your paternal arms.”
Adapted from
Day Eìght, The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will