Darts of Fire: OR PROOFS THAT JESUS CHRIST HAS GIVEN US OF HIS LOVE IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION by St. Alphonsus Liguori XIII. Cum dilexisset suos, qui erant in mundo, in finem dilexit eos. "Having loved His Own who were in the world, He loved them unto the end."-----John, xiii. 1   The love of friends increases at the time of death, when they are on the point of being separated from those they love; and it is then, therefore, that they try more than ever, by some pledge of affection, to show the love they bear to them: Jesus during the whole of His life gave us marks of His affection, but when He came near the hour of His death He wished to give us a special proof of His love. For what greater proof could this loving Lord show us than by giving His Blood and His life for each of us? And not content with this, He left this very same Body, sacrificed for us upon the Cross, to be our food, so that each one who should receive it should be wholly united to Him, and thus love should mutually increase. O infinite goodness! O infinite love! Ah, my enamoured Jesus, fill my heart with Thy love, so that I may forget the world and myself, to think of nothing but loving and pleasing Thee. I consecrate to Thee my body, my soul, my will, my liberty. Up to this time I have sought to gratify myself to Thy great dIspleasure; I am exceedingly sorry for it, my crucified love; henceforth I will seek nothing but Thee, my God and my all." My God, Thou art my all, I wish for Thee alone and nothing more. Oh that I could spend myself all for Thee, Who hast spent Thyself all for me! I love Thee, my only good, my only love. I love Thee, and abandon myself entirely to Thy holy will. Make me love Thee, and then do with me what Thou wilt. The Back spray takes you to the previous page and the Forward to the next.  E-Mail HOME-----------------------CHILDREN--------------------CHRISTMAS www.catholictradition.org/Christmas/darts-fire13.htm