Wednesday, July 23 : Blessed Columba Marmion

God does not content Himself with being the object of a natural knowledge and love on man’s part, but He calls us to share His very life and His own beatitude. By a movement of infinite love towards us, God wishes to be for our souls not only the Sovereign Master of all things, but a Friend, a Father. It is His will that we should know Him as He knows Himself, the source of all truth and of all beauty. It is His Will that we should possess Him, the Infinite Good, here below in the dimness of faith, and above in the light of glory. To this end, as you know, He raises our nature above itself by adorning it with sanctifying grace, infused virtues and the gifts of the Spirit. God wills, by the communication of His infinite and eternal life, to be Himself our perfect beatitude. He does not wish us to find our happiness apart from Himself, the plenitude of all good ; He leaves to no creature the power of satisfying our heart. It is I myself who am thy reward exceeding great. And Our Lord confirmed His promise when about to pay the price thereof by the sacrifice of His Precious Blood. ” Father, I will that where I am,.they also whom Thou hast given Me may be with Me ; that they may see My glory… that the love wherewith Thou hast loved me, may be in them.” (Jn 17:24,26) Such is the unique and supreme end to which we must tend.

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