“When in the Old Testament, He had not as yet come upon earth, the Lord commanded His people to love their neighbor as themselves. Knowing the extent to which each one loved himself, He was not able to ask of His creatures a greater love than this for one’s neighbor. But when Jesus gave His Apostles a new commandment, HIS OWN COMMANDMENT, as He calls it later, it is no longer a question of loving one’s neighbor as oneself but of loving him as He, Jesus has loved him and will love him to the consummation of the ages.
Lord, I know you do not command the impossible. You know better than I that never would I be able to love my Sisters in Carmel due to my weaknesses and imperfections, unless you loved them in me. Oh, how I love the New Commandment since it gives me the assurance that your Will is to love in me all those you commanded me to love.
How contrary the teachings of Jesus are to the feelings of nature. Without the help of the grace of Baptism and his Life in me it would be impossible not only to put them into practice but even to understand them. Yes, I feel it. When I love as Jesus Commanded me to love, it is Jesus alone who is acting in me and the more united I am to Him the more also do I love my Sisters in Carmel. I have found my vocation. My vocation is to love.”
The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
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“Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Love.
Heaven and earth are full of Your glory!
Hosanna in the highest!
