"Two things," say Cicero, "make us know a lover-that he does good
to his beloved, and that he suffers torment for him; and this last
is the greatest sign of true love." God has indeed already shown
His love to men by many benefits bestowed upon him; but His love
would not have been satisfied by only doing good to man, as says
St. Peter Chrysologus, if He had not found the means to prove to
him how much He loved him by also suffering and dying for him, as
He did by taking upon Him human flesh. Saint Alphonsus says also of
Jesus: "That is the hour of the lvoer, in which he suffers for the
object beloved: because suffering for the beloved is the most fit
way of discovering the lvoe of the lover, and of captivating to
ourself the love of the beloved." We are beloved by God and He
showed this through His holy Passion Further on we read: "St.
Denis, the Areogapite, says that love always tends toward union
with the object beloved. And because food becomes one thing with
him who eats it, therefore our Lord would reduce Himself to food,
in order that, receiving Him in Holy Communion, we might become of
one substance with Him." This work contains meditations on the
Passion for each day of the week and for the last fifteen days of
Lent. Much time is devoted to a consideration of the various events
of the Passion and drawing wonderful resolutions from them. Saint
Alphonsus quotes Saint Thomas Aquinas as says: "Devotion consists
in being read to accomplish in ourselves whatever God demands of
us." And we also read: "Yes, Lord, all grown-up persons who are
saved must either be martyrs in blood or martyrs in patience, in
conquering the assaults of hell and the inordinate desires of the
flesh. Bodily pleasures send enumerable souls to hell, and,
therefore, we must resolve with courage to despise them. Let us be
assured that either the soul must tread the body under foot, or the
body the soul." Saint Alphonsus quotes Saint Teresa as saying: "He
who drags the cross along with ill-will feels its weight, however
small it is; but he who willingly embraces it, however great it is,
does not feel it."
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