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1 Intr, 0 | to teach her daughters to love prayer, the most effective
2 Intr, 0 | prayer-filled life -- mutual love, detachment from created
3 Intr, 0 | the rest. With the mutual love which nuns should have for
4 Intr, 0 | possible even in mutual love, she next turns to detachment.
5 Intr, 0 | that we need. Fraternal love, detachment and humility:
6 Intr, 0 | and mate to the King of love, Jesus. Many people are
7 Intr, 0 | St. Teresa writes of the love and fear of God -- two mighty
8 Prot | knowledge. Therefore, for the love of Our Lord, I beg the learned
9 Prol | have, out of their great love for me, so earnestly begged
10 Prol | I realize that the great love which they have for me may
11 Prol, 0 | I am lacking neither in love nor in desire to do all
12 Prol, 0 | Lord. It may be that this love, together with my years
13 Unic, 2 | Saint Joseph's! For the love of the Lord, let us not
14 Unic, 2 | I beg you, for the love of God, just as if I were
15 Unic, 2 | day to the next.) For the love of the Lord, then, [I beg
16 Unic, 2 | a care to this, for the love of God; and this I beg of
17 Unic, 3 | perfection. And for the love of the Lord I beg you to
18 Unic, 3 | find more faith and no less love in them than in men, and
19 Unic, 3 | Thou didst command Him to love us) should be treated as
20 Unic, 3 | For the love of the Lord, my sisters,
21 Unic, 4 | these three things, which is love of one's neighbour, and
22 Unic, 4 | recommended to us. One of these is love for each other; the second,
23 Unic, 4 | to the first -- namely, love for each other -- this is
24 Unic, 4 | easily be borne by those who love each other, and anything
25 Unic, 4 | what with having too much love for each other or too little,
26 Unic, 4 | for us to have too much love for each other cannot be
27 Unic, 4 | employ itself wholly in the love of God.~
28 Unic, 4 | that all the nuns do not love each other equally: some
29 Unic, 4 | calculated22 to make for the love of God; I am more inclined
30 Unic, 4 | friends with each other, love each other, be fond of each
31 Unic, 4 | help each other. For the love of the Lord, refrain from
32 Unic, 4 | it often leads us to love the person who has the most
33 Unic, 4 | by our affection. Let us love the virtues and inward goodness,
34 Unic, 4 | Returning to the question of our love for one another, it seems
35 Unic, 4 | people so brutish as not to love one another when they live
36 Unic, 4 | and that they themselves love God since they are leaving
37 Unic, 4 | as virtue always attracts love, and I hope in God that,
38 Unic, 4 | Majesty, there will always be love in the sisters of this house.
39 Unic, 4 | the nature of this mutual love and what is meant by the
40 Unic, 4 | is meant by the virtuous love which I wish you to have
41 Unic, 4 | There are two kinds of love which I am describing. The
42 Unic, 4 | weakness;24 yet it is a worthy love, which, as between relatives
43 Unic, 4 | first kind of spiritual love that I would now speak.
44 Unic, 4 | not, unless they have no love for prayer and for striving
45 Unic, 4 | God, they cannot possibly love him, as he is not like them.
46 Unic, App | these two kinds of mutual love should be untainted by any
47 Unic, App | harmony. If we exercise this love, of which I have spoken,
48 Unic, App | bodies, why should we not love those who are always striving
49 Unic, 5 | every superior,26 for the love of the Lord, to allow a
50 Unic, 5 | this house at all; so, for love of the Lord, I beg whoever
51 Unic, 6 | to the subject of perfect love, already begun.~
52 Unic, 6 | Let us now return to the love which it is good [and lawful]
53 Unic, 6 | not sure that I know when love is spiritual and when there
54 Unic, 6 | dream; and of what it is to love the Creator and what to
55 Unic, 6 | the Creator and what to love the creature (this must
56 Unic, 6 | thus far possesses this love. Those whom God brings to
57 Unic, 6 | upon it", I refer to having love for such things. If they
58 Unic, 6 | things. If they had such love, they would think they were
59 Unic, 6 | effrontery to tell God that they love Him, without feeling great
60 Unic, 6 | that such persons cannot love or repay the affection shown
61 Unic, 6 | by commending those who love them to God. They take this
62 Unic, 6 | something for which those who love them lay the responsibility
63 Unic, 6 | themselves, they suppose the love comes, and think that others
64 Unic, 6 | comes, and think that others love them because God loves them;
65 Unic, 6 | so to say, they could not love anything outside God, or
66 Unic, 6 | soon tire of life without love), care nothing whether they
67 Unic, 6 | think that such persons will love none and delight in none
68 Unic, 6 | save God? No; they will love others much more than they
69 Unic, 6 | did, with a more genuine love, with greater passion and
70 Unic, 6 | greater passion and with a love which brings more profit;
71 Unic, 6 | that, in a word, is what love really is. And such souls
72 Unic, 6 | say, merits the name of love, which name has been usurped
73 Unic, 6 | attracted if they do not love things they see? They do
74 Unic, 6 | things they see? They do love what they see and they are
75 Unic, 6 | are everlasting. If they love anyone they immediately
76 Unic, 6 | digging, since they have love. There is nothing that suggests
77 Unic, 6 | since they desire their love for it to be lasting, and
78 Unic, 6 | good qualities and a great love for God. I really mean that
79 Unic, 6 | that soul were to die for love of them and do them all
80 Unic, 6 | have strength enough to love it nor would they remain
81 Unic, 6 | that soul and that their love for it cannot possibly last;
82 Unic, 6 | keeps the law of God, their love will end with life -- they
83 Unic, 6 | wisdom do not esteem this love, which lasts only on earth,
84 Unic, 6 | things. If they have any love for such a person, then,
85 Unic, 6 | be a passion that he may love God so as to be loved by
86 Unic, 6 | small blessing. Oh, precious love, forever imitating the Captain
87 Unic, 6 | imitating the Captain of Love, Jesus, our Good!~
88 Unic, 7 | same subject of spiritual love and gives certain counsels
89 Unic, 7 | see how impassioned this love is; how many tears, penances
90 Unic, 7 | This, as I have said, is love without any degree whatsoever
91 Unic, 7 | blessings from Heaven. This is love, quite unlike our ill-starred
92 Unic, 7 | repeat once more that this love is a similitude and copy
93 Unic, 7 | giving me many who have such love for me? Truly, Lord, I would
94 Unic, 7 | you in touch with them. Love such persons as much as
95 Unic, 7 | saying. It is this kind of love which I should like us to
96 Unic, 7 | us to show emotion in our love, and also to feel it, and
97 Unic, 7 | them is a part of perfect love. It is a very good thing
98 Unic, 7 | good proof and test of our love if we can bear with such
99 Unic, 7 | and genuine will be the love of a sister who can bring
100 Unic, 7 | this house): "My life!" "My love!" "My darling!"29 and suchlike
101 Unic, 7 | also a very clear sign of love to try to spare others household
102 Unic, 7 | For the love of God, let the prioress
103 Unic, 7 | the very outset, and, if love will not suffice, she must
104 Unic, 7 | tender and affectionate love and regard for each other,
105 Unic, 7 | perfection in this than in the love I have described, than that
106 Unic, 8 | fault. Oh, sisters, for the love of God, try to realize what
107 Unic, 9 | able to trust those who love you for His sake alone more
108 Unic, 10(33) | perfection of the soul than the love of ourselves, for unless
109 Unic, 10 | very close to ourselves and love ourselves very dearly.~
110 Unic, 10 | you must embrace them, and love them, and never be seen
111 Unic, 10 | is to rid ourselves of love for this body of ours --
112 Unic, 11 | that is, assuming you love each other and there is
113 Unic, 11 | suffer a little for the love of God without telling everyone
114 Unic, 12 | giving up our freedom for the love of God and entrusting it
115 Unic, 12 | Oh, my sisters, for the love of God, never let charity
116 Unic, 16 | exists, or can exist, without love, or love without humility,
117 Unic, 16 | exist, without love, or love without humility, and it
118 Unic, 16 | quickly all that is borne for love's sake heals again! I really
119 Unic, 16 | hadst lived longer, the very love which Thou hast for us would
120 Unic, 16 | greater good of those who love Him. His love for those
121 Unic, 16 | those who love Him. His love for those to whom He is
122 Unic, 16 | sisters, do we not show Him love in so far as we can? Consider
123 Unic, 16 | it is if we give Him our love and receive His. Consider
124 Unic, 19 | it myself; but, though I love thinking about it, I cannot
125 Unic, 19 | understand how a genuine love of God, if it is really
126 Unic, 19 | this fire, which is the love of God; though the two elements
127 Unic, 19 | There are other fires of love for God -- small ones, which
128 Unic, 19 | things in the world that we love. We try to banish these
129 Unic, 19 | ourselves. So dearly does He love our souls that He prevents
130 Unic, 19 | Can that be? Yes: this love and desire for God can increase
131 Unic, 19 | producing these feelings as our love. There are some people of
132 Unic, 20 | great blessings.75 For the love of God, I beg you always
133 Unic, 20 | you will see clearly what love we are bound to have for
134 Unic, 20 | such phrases as "If you love me", or "Don't you love
135 Unic, 20 | love me", or "Don't you love me?" unless you have in
136 Unic, 20 | and showing him signs of love, which are always pleasing
137 Unic, 23 | possession, merely as a sign of love.~
138 Unic, 23 | is his, but as a sign of love and a token that she will
139 Unic, 24 | repeat the "Our Father", my love should make me want to understand
140 Unic, 24 | for us not to have great love for them, and indeed to
141 Unic, 25 | the soul is enkindled in love without understanding how
142 Unic, 25 | rejoicing in the object of its love, yet it does not know how
143 Unic, 26 | and if He sees that you love Him to be there and are
144 Unic, 26(98) | Or "love Him". The verb in the Spanish
145 Unic, 26 | torn to pieces by His great love for you. How much He suffered,
146 Unic, 26 | desire to look upon Him but love to speak to Him, not using
147 Unic, 26 | be inspired with enough love to make it stay at home;
148 Unic, 26 | will show you at once what love He has for you, and it is
149 Unic, 27 | 27 - Describes the great love shown us by the Lord in
150 Unic, 27 | Behold, my Lord, with the love that Thou hast for us and
151 Unic, 27 | this, my Lord! What is this love that Thou hast for us? Thou
152 Unic, 27 | favour so as to make us love to learn what He teaches
153 Unic, 27 | saying, lest picturing such love should tear our hearts to
154 Unic, 27 | Himself with the most fervent love, since even the great advantage
155 Unic, 28 | and the fire of Divine love is the more readily enkindled
156 Unic, 29 | For the love of God, daughters, avoid
157 Unic, 29 | For love of the Lord, then, sisters,
158 Unic, 29 | trouble, so do, for the love of God, look upon any care
159 Unic, 30 | is offending Him. For all love Him there and the soul's
160 Unic, 30 | And this is how we should love Him on earth, though we
161 Unic, 30 | if we knew Him, we should love Him very differently from
162 Unic, 31 | wife: if they are happy and love each other, both desire
163 Unic, 31 | He seeks out others who love Him in order to grant them
164 Unic, 32 | believe that He who gives them love enough to ask for such a
165 Unic, 32 | proving it will give them love enough to endure it. I should
166 Unic, 32 | such earthly things; His love for you is not so poor as
167 Unic, 32 | them in proportion to the love which He bears us. He gives
168 Unic, 32 | that each of us has and the love we bear to His Majesty.
169 Unic, 32 | own part, I believe that love is the measure of our ability
170 Unic, 32 | small. So if you have this love, sisters, try not to let
171 Unic, 33 | God's will that he should love his neighbour as himself,118
172 Unic, 33 | has shown us the extreme love which He has for us, and
173 Unic, 33 | For the love of God, sisters, let us
174 Unic, 33 | base things and our want of love and courage. He saw that,
175 Unic, 33 | God help me! What a great love is that of the Son and what
176 Unic, 33 | the Son and what a great love is that of the Father! I
177 Unic, 33 | to it? Consider not His love, which, for the sake of
178 Unic, 33 | Himself to us with such great love.~
179 Unic, 33 | daughters, and make you love your Spouse, for there is
180 Unic, 34 | who have nothing else to love and no other consolation.
181 Unic, 34 | Whom we have such reason to love. This is a great inspiration,
182 Unic, 35 | impresses upon us a deep love of the Lord. If we prepare
183 Unic, 35 | will use it to prove your love for Him. Remember that there
184 Unic, 35 | which will receive Him and love to have Him as its Guest.124
185 Unic, 35 | Son so fully reveals the love which He has for His Father,
186 Unic, 35(124)| have him within itself with love."~
187 Unic, 36 | For the love of God, sisters! We have
188 Unic, 36 | must esteem this mutual love of ours one for another!
189 Unic, 36 | we cannot do that without love. See, then, sisters, how
190 Unic, 36 | important it is for us to love one another and to be at
191 Unic, 36 | everything else before our love for one another, and said: "
192 Unic, 36 | left all for Thy sake and love Thee greatly." But He has
193 Unic, 36 | dreadful honour made mutual love the hardest virtue for us
194 Unic, 36 | such humility and great love for Him forget themselves
195 Unic, 36 | recognized the signs of great love, and it is glad that the
196 Unic, 36 | itself for showing Him some love in return.~
197 Unic, 38 | them and pray for them and love them. They are like soldiers:
198 Unic, 39 | mercy of God and of His love and His sufferings for us.
199 Unic, 39 | consolations and pledges of love the Lord may give you, therefore,
200 Unic, 40 | striving always to walk in the love and fear of God, we shall
201 Unic, 40 | daughters, is to use the love and fear given us by His
202 Unic, 40 | given us by His Majesty. For love will make us quicken our
203 Unic, 40 | were sure that we possessed love, we should be sure that
204 Unic, 40 | the more readily noticed. Love and fear of God! These are
205 Unic, 40 | Those who really love God love all good, seek
206 Unic, 40 | Those who really love God love all good, seek all good,
207 Unic, 40 | help and defend them. They love only truth and things worthy
208 Unic, 40 | truth and things worthy of love. Do you think it possible
209 Unic, 40 | and truly loves God can love vanities, riches, worldly
210 Unic, 40 | with longing for Him to love them and so they will give
211 Unic, 40 | better. Will they hide their love? No: if their love for God
212 Unic, 40 | their love? No: if their love for God is genuine love
213 Unic, 40 | love for God is genuine love they cannot. Why, think
214 Unic, 40 | days that he was sick with love. The Magdalen discovered
215 Unic, 40 | For there are degrees of love for God, which shows itself
216 Unic, 40 | much, provided it is real love for God.~
217 Unic, 40 | such souls have no little love; for had they not a great
218 Unic, 40 | contemplatives, and so their love shows itself plainly and
219 Unic, 40 | light. If they have not much love, they should proceed with
220 Unic, 40 | But if you feel this love for God which I have spoken
221 Unic, 40 | stormy sea. Wherever this love is, then, you will not fail
222 Unic, 40 | impossible for us to hide our love even for creatures, and
223 Unic, 40 | hardly deserves the name of love, for it is founded upon
224 Unic, 40 | comparison. How, then, could a love like God's be concealed --
225 Unic, 40 | the firm foundation of the love which is its reward? As
226 Unic, 40 | there is no doubt as to this love. It is indeed love, and
227 Unic, 40 | this love. It is indeed love, and deserves that name,
228 Unic, 40 | How different must the one love be from the other to those
229 Unic, 40 | Himself loves us. For this love of His, besides its other
230 Unic, 40 | affection in that, if we love Him, we are quite sure that
231 Unic, 40 | gain which comes from this love, and of our loss if we do
232 Unic, 41 | thing to talk about this love of God. What, then, must
233 Unic, 41 | forgotten what it is to love anything but Thee and till
234 Unic, 41 | till I deny the name of love to any other kind of affection --
235 Unic, 41 | of affection -- for all love is false but love of Thee,
236 Unic, 41 | for all love is false but love of Thee, and, unless the
237 Unic, 41 | what the world is; your love itself becomes your punishment,
238 Unic, 41 | little about this worldly love, which, for my sins, I know
239 Unic, 41 | plainly revealed, and its love is not dissembled even outwardly.
240 Unic, 41 | For the love of God, sisters, never be
241 Unic, 41 | though, if one has true love, it is quickly acquired.
242 Unic, 41 | they will often help us to love God more and to praise Him
243 Unic, 41 | help them and to have their love. We must try hard to be
244 Unic, 41 | with these two things -- love and fear of God -- we can
245 Unic, 42 | with any certainty if I love Thee and if my desires are
246 Unic, 42 | whereas here on earth we love what is doubtful. What a