For some, it may be easier to love while gazing on a devotional picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, or perhaps while viewing a colorful sunset, or while holding a child or pet with loving gratitude, or even while luxuriating in a warm shower with loving thankfulness to a God who provides such amenities. Yes, it is even better than an act of discipline, for I thirst for love. How they misrepresent me. They make me out to be feared, whereas I am kindness itself. Today, as yesterday and tomorrow, I ask only and always for love from my poor creatures.
Love is a virtue technically called charity.
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