Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Love for Love
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is to love the Lord incessantly in return for His love. St. Teresa Margaret Redi of the Sacred Heart whose feast day it is today, was a Discalced Carmelite nun in Florence. She lived from 1747 until her early death at the age of 23 in 1770. She was devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and was given a special contemplative experience concerning the words of St. John, "God is Love". Her life of heroic virtue, living a hidden life of love and self-immolation, is an example for all of us. Like St. Teresa Margaret we can cultivate a spirit of gratitude for the love God has shown us. Contemplating the great sacrifice of Christ for our salvation and for love of us can help us to cultivate this spirit of gratitude. In this spirit of thankfulness we can foster our love for God and for others. Loving God and our neighbor is to return Love for Love.
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I am so grateful to these beautiful Carmelite saints, offering their lives to the Lord in all readiness and vigor, leaving us shining examples of what can be achieved, even in the smallest and most hidden of places.
ReplyDeleteI will have to find out more about St. Teresa Margaret Redi.
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