Friday, August 21st
Jesus said, "You must love the Lord Your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: you must love your neighbour as yourself."
Matt. 22:39,40

Love is the fulfilling of the Law. And it is the sum of all things, the means, the end, the beginning and the totality of all things. It is the power, the substance and the essence of all that is: all that is exists because of it. And through love all is redeemed and brought to its perfection.

All who submit to love are given perception of priorities as they pursue their way in faithfulness: and they discover that all things proceed from their commitment to their Heavenly Father. He is the source of all good things in Heaven and earth: all who seek Him receive all that He desires to give to His beloved children. Love is the gift which above all He would bestow on each and every one of His beloved children for it is His Very Self.

As each faithful follower in the way receives the Father's love so is he given power to offer it both to the Father and to his fellow men. This is the great circumstance of full and vibrant living, and it brings the faithful to the Father's Presence at the last.