glorycloud's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- who love all things in God "And finally, those who love God with all their mind and all their heart, and plunge their whole being into that eternal fire that is God so deeply that they become utterly like him; who love all things in God, not with their own love, but with God's love just as they are loved by him; who love their enemies as much as their friends for the sake of God; whom nothing can dislodge from love because the more their enemies arise against them, the more powerful the union of their love grows; who ask for no consolation or earthly benefit, except what looks to the glory and praise of God; who are inflamed and inebriated with such love that in imitation of the apostles and saints they would not fear to die a thousand times for God; who, scorning all suffering and tribulation, joyfully bear with all difficulties in this present life in their mortal flesh because of their fervent love; who indeed are blissfully aflame themselves and are setting others on fire so that, if they could, they would ignite all people with deifying love and make them so perfect that they would burn with them; who weep for the sins and faults of others as if they were their own; who seek nothing for themselves, but with souls open-mouthed in wonder seek and love only the desirable face of God the Father: these deserve to be reckoned with the ninth choir of seraphim. There are no spirits between these last and God: they contemplate him most intensely and are seen to be the closed to him" Ludolph of Saxony 'The Life Of Jesus Christ' Part Two Volume 1, Chapters 1-57 pg.100 11:22 a.m. - 2021-11-09 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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