Love is not seven, lives

July 5

You're wrong, and you're wrong in full, if you want to measure the love of a soul to his Creator by the sensible sweetness experienced by loving God. This love is peculiar to the souls who are still in the simplicity of childhood spiritual love that could be fatal to the soul who seeks it too much. By contrast, the love of souls that have come out of this spiritual childhood is one that loves without receiving pleasure or sweetness in that part we call sensitive soul. The sure sign to know if these souls truly love God is always ready to discover the observance of the holy law of God is always attentive and vigilant watch them from falling into sin is his usual desire to see the Father glorified the sky and that it does not leave, as up to them, to spread the kingdom of God is to see them continually praying to Heavenly Father in the words of the Divine Master: "Our Father ... Thy kingdom come. " (December 29, 1914, to Raffaelina Cerase - Letters. II, p. 288)