Never Refuse Anyone Who Asks for the Love of God
"One of the expressions we use in ordinary speech always moved Francis profoundly whenever he heard it, and that was, 'For the love of God.' As soon as he would hear these words, they would excite him, work upon him, and enkindle him, as if an inner chord had been plucked by them. And he kept faithfully till his death the promise he made to himself when he was still living a worldly life, that he would never refuse a poor person who begged anything 'for the love of God.' He used to say, 'How greatly we should love the very love with which God has loved us so much.'" --Celano, Second Life, 196
This is what God desires from us--a heart so open to His love that He is able to work through us to love others.
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