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 Great love from God

St John urges effective love, when he says ," My children let us not love in word , nor in tongue , but in deed, and in truth." Our Lord urged the same in these words," Not everyone that saith to me, Lord , Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father Who is in Heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven. " The further, therefore, we have departed from sin the more perfectly we fulfill the commandments of God; the more readily we follow also the Divine counsels and the holy inspirations of the Holy Spirit, the more genuine and the more perfect will our charity be. In this way we can judge the degree of our charity.

Charity is proved by good will. It is impossible not to wish or desire the greatest good for him whom we truly love. 

We must especially observe the teaching of our Lord," He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me."

Charity tends toward union. That is why the Apostle says that he has the desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ. Although this desire can be perfectly fulfilled only in the next life, still the soul wounded with love removes everything that may stand in the way of this union, renounces all things for God's sake , and suffers all in order to merit to arrive at such union.In the meanwhile , it unites itself , as often as permitted , to God Incarnate through the sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist and by thought and desire dwells in its eternal home .Thus it more or less feels that it is not far from its Beloved , but that it lives in Him and by Him.