Live 4 The LORD

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance, 

nor hold any grudge 

against the sons of your people, 

but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; 

I am the LORD.

True love of God consists in 

adhering perfectly to his holy will, 

not wanting to do or be anything in this life 

but what the Lord wishes, 

to the point that we become “a living will of God.”

only God, the one holy One, can make us holy, only he knows what is really profitable for our sanctification. The only path that infallibly leads to holiness is the one God has marked out with his providence. Therefore the first and indispensable condition for not working in vain is for the soul to abandon itself completely to the will of God, letting itself be led by him with entire docility.

And together with your light give me the strength to follow it, my God; it is not enough to love you and to know your will, one must have the courage to serve you and to do what you want. .

Not all who say “Lord, Lord” will be saved, but only those who obey God’s will – shocks us. Is this not the God of compassion and mercy? And yet on his lips we hear “Depart from me you evildoers.”

Jesus was hoping that we will learn to measure our discipleship not by feelings, not by other people’s opinions, not by our achievements, but by authentic virtue, by obedience to God’s will as manifest in the Ten Commandments, the teaching of the Church, and our consciences. 

Jesus: Remain in my love and your house will be firmly rooted in the rock of the Church. Remain in me through prayer, remain in me through the sacraments, remain in me through fidelity to my Father’s will. I do not promise an easy life, with perfect weather and tasks that are always pleasing. I promise the storms and struggles that will batter the foundations of your faith; they are part of my plan. Never turn from me – remain in my Church – remain in my love. And let me remain in you.