He wishes me to love Him, because He has forgiven me, not much, but everything.

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Well now, I am this child, the object of the foreseeing love of a Father "Who did not send His Son to call the just, but sinners." He wishes me to love Him, because He has forgiven me, not much, but everything. Without waiting for me to love Him much, as St. Mary Magdalen did, He has made me understand how He has loved me with an ineffable love and forethought, so that now my love may know no bounds.

Source Story of a Soul, Chapter Iv, §14 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, God is like a father who removes the stone from the path before his child falls: He loves us in advance and forgives us everything, so that we may love Him in return. Tonight, think back to a difficulty you were spared today and thank Him for this love that watches over you quietly.

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