Fourth Day

" If any one love Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, a id We will come to him, and will make Our abode with him. "J

Again the Master tells us that He desires to dwell within us. " If any one love Me !" It is this which draws God to His creature ; not an emotional love, but a love strong as death, which many waters cannot quench ;¹ which, because it loves the Father, does "always the things that please Him."|| Thus spoke our blessed Master, and every soul that longs to keep close to Him should live by this word. Such a soul should make the divine will its food, its daily bread ; it should allow itself to be immolated at the pleasure of the Father, as was the crucified Christ Whom it adores. Every occurrence, every event, each suffering and each joy is a sacrament which gives God to it, so that it is indifferent to them all, breaking through them and passing them by to rest in God Himself above all else. It is love's characteristic never to seek self, to reserve nothing but to give all to the beloved. Happy the soul that loves indeed ; for love has made its Lord its Captive !