If the love of Christ lives in us,
then we do as He did and seek after the lost sheep.
Natural love seeks to possess the beloved entirely and as far as
possible not to share him.
Christ came to win back lost mankind for the Father;
whoever loves with His love will want people for God and not for himself.
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
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“I worry some of you still have not really met Jesus—-
one to one—you and Jesus alone.
We may spend time in the chapel—-
but have you seen with the eyes of your soul how He looks at you with love?
Do you really know the living Jesus—-
not from books but from being with Him in your heart?
Have you heard the loving words He speaks to you?
Ask for the grace; He is longing to give it.
Until you can hear Jesus in the silence of your own heart,
you will not be able to hear Him saying
‘I Thirst’ in the hearts of the poor.
Never give up this daily intimate contact with Jesus as the real
living person—not just the idea.”
Saint Mother Teresa, p.129-30
An Excerpt From
Manual for Eucharistic Adoration
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