Charity the bond of perfection.

June 14

 The first virtue of the soul that needs tending to perfection, is love. In all natural things, the first movement of the same, your first inclination, his first impulse is to build, go to the center: is this a physical law. The same applies to the supernatural: the first movement of our heart is to go to God, which is nothing but love their own true good. Rightly in scripture is called charity the bond of perfection.
The twin sisters love is the joy and peace. The joy born of the desire to possess what one loves. But from the moment that the soul knows God, is naturally driven to love, if the soul is this natural impulse, fueled in turn by the Holy Spirit, you are loving the supreme Good. Consequently, this fortunate soul is already in possession of the beautiful virtue of charity. However, loving God, and is sure to possess, because this does not happen, as usual unfortunately he loves money, honors and health, which is not always what you love, who loves God owns it immediately.
This is not an invention of my mind is the scripture that says: "He who abides in love abides in God and God in him." What does this phrase mean writing "Whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him"? Does not mean that, as the soul oriented to God God is all love, just as God for all communication is the soul?
(October 23, 1914, to Raffaelina Cerase - Letters. II, p. 197)

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