Friday, June 20 : Saint Clement of Rome

Those who have love in Christ must observe the commandments of Christ. The binding power of the love of God – who is able to set it forth? The radiance of his beauty – who can voice it to satisfaction? The sublimity to which love leads is unutterable. Love unites us with God; love “covers a multitude of sins” (1Pt 4,8)… In love the Master took us to himself. Because of the love he felt for us, Jesus Christ our Lord gave his blood for us by the will of God. His body for our bodies, his soul for our souls. You see, beloved, how great and wonderful love is. There is no setting forth its perfection. Who is able to possess it except those to whom God grants this privilege? Let us therefore earnestly beg of his mercy that we may be found to possess a love unmixed with human partiality and above reproach. All the generations from Adam down to this day have passed away; but those who are perfected in love in the measure of God’s grace, have a place among the saints, and they will be made manifest when the Kingdom of Christ comes to visit us… Happy are we, beloved, if we observe the commandments of the lord in the concord of love; for thus our sins will be forgiven through love.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team