Pure love…
(c)Matero Ivankovic 2016 J.M.J. May 19, 2017 Dear Family of Mary! August 2, 2007 “Dear children, Today I look in your hearts and looking at them my heart seizes with pain. My children! I desire from you unconditional, pure love for God. You will know that you are on the right path when with your body you are on the earth, and with your soul you are always with God. Through this unconditional and pure love, you will see my Son in every person. You will feel in union with God. As a Mother I will be happy because I will have your holy and unified hearts. My children, I will have your salvation. Thank you.” Here is St. Faustina’s experience of pure love for God: The desires of my heart are so great and incomprehensible That nothing can fill the abyss of my heart. Even the most beautiful things, gathered from all over the world, Would not for a moment fill Your place for me, O God. With one glance, I penetrated the whole world, And I found no other love like the love of my heart. Therefore, I looked into the world of eternity because this one is too small for me. My heart has desired the love of the Immortal One. My heart has sensed that I am a royal child, That I have found myself in exile, in a foreign land. I see that the heavenly palace is my home; Only there will I feel as in my own fatherland. You Yourself have drawn my soul to You, O Lord; O Eternal Word, You Yourself have stooped to me, Giving my soul a deeper knowledge of Yourself. Behold, the mystery of love for which You have created me! Pure love has made me strong and brave. I fear neither the seraphim nor the cherubim, standing with sword in hand, And I pass over with ease where others tremble, Because there is nothing to fear, there where love is the guide. And suddenly the eye of my soul came to rest upon You, O Lord Jesus Christ, stretched upon the Cross. Here is my Love, with whom I will rest in my grave, This is my Bridegroom, my incomprehensible Lord and God. (1632 Diaryof St. Faustina) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan ©MaryTV 2017