O Trinity, eternal Trinity! Fire, abyss of love... Was it necessary that you should give Even the Holy Trinity as food for souls?... You gave us not only your Word Through the Redemption and in the Eucharist, But you also gave yourself In the fullness of love for your creature.

It is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.

The city is the image of the soul, the surrounding walls being the frontier between the outward and inward life. The gates are the faculties or senses connecting the life of the soul with the outward world. Living springs of water rise within it. And in the centre, where beats the heart, stands the holy sanctuary.

A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.

It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors.

Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God's sake.

Consider God's charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?