The task before me. .

[Love4All]

The task before me is simple. How to draw them in? How to draw in to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my friends, my relatives, my acquaintances, the whole world?

The first step is, naturally, to allow her to draw me in, ever more deeply. This, I do, with some resistance, but more and more that resistance is being broken down. It is pure joy to love you, O Mary! And pure joy to love your Son, my Divine King!

I began the Order of the C.’. D.’. for the purpose of drawing them in. That is a good beginning. But what now needs to be done? I have divided the world into seven concentric circles. I have a message for each of them. The message for each circle is designed to draw them in to the next. It is, perhaps, that the scheme I have laid out is same scheme God uses, and that I have not invented it but discovered it. Indeed, that is my hope for this work. Otherwise, it is all vain.

For the first circle, that in Love is found the greatest happiness.
For the second, that God is Love.
For the third, that Jesus is Love Incarnate.
For the fourth, that the Eucharist is Love as Bread.
For the fifth, that through Devotion to the Rosary is found the greatest devotion to Love.
For the sixth, to seek Holiness.
For the seventh, to seek Union.

 

[Love4All]

For the first circle, that in Love is found the greatest happiness.
For the second, that God is Love.
For the third, that Jesus is Love Incarnate.
For the fourth, that the Eucharist is Love as Bread.
For the fifth, that through Devotion to the Rosary is found the greatest devotion to Love.
For the sixth, to seek Holiness.
For the seventh, to seek Union.

The first circle includes all those who seek their own happiness, which is everyone without exception. We cannot but seek our own happiness, we have no choice. But what we seek our happiness in, may vary.

The second circle includes all those who have discovered that the greatest happiness is found in the giving and the receiving of love. To refer to the above, it is those who, from the first circle, have received the message for the first circle and taken it to heart. They are in the second circle, and it is this second circle that defines, properly, the religion I call Love. Yet, to understand that in love is found the greatest happiness, is only the beginning. Love is actually Infinite, and those who do love, eventually come to recognize this. For one thing, love is the only entity known to us that grows, upon itself alone. Love, given away, produces more love in the giver. Love produces more love, and so love grows, like fire, but unlike fire love does not use up the being who loves, but rather refreshes him. So unlike fire which will eventually burn up its whole source of fuel and die, love is fire that does not consume what it burns. Here is an understanding of what Moses saw in the burning bush.

The fact that love only increases the more it is given away, and the fact that it continually increases upon itself alone without using up the one who loves, are two facts that point to the potential Infinity of love. From here it is not really much of a leap to recognize that Love is not merely potentially, but Actually Infinite. Not only Infinite, but also Omnipotent. This is the logical conclusion of the general direction of all the love songs and love poems anyway. They all romanticize Love as Infinite and Omnipotent. The third circle consists in those who have finally come to realize that Love is Actually Infinite and Omnipotent. Just like all the songs say. Human love is an image and a reflection of that Infinite Omnipotent Love which is God. This is what God is. This is All God Is. Remember that God is Simple. It is His Simplicity of Love, that is Who He Is.

Love is the Central Mystery of the Universe. There is no end to understanding more of Love, as there is no end to Love. Love never ends; it only expands. There are four more circles to come, and they are concentric. So that, anyone who thinks they know God, but does not recognize Love, is fooling themselves. It is better to forget all about the concept of God, and to love, than it is to be perfectly versed in theology but not to have love. Those who say they know God but do not have Love, are both giving God a bad name, and putting themselves in grave peril. God is not mocked! How, then, can a person claim to be in the third circle, knowledge of God, without first having entered the second, the giving and the receiving of love? There is no way. Such persons are dangerously deluded, and if anyone recognizes that I am talking about them, that one had better take my solemn warning seriously! God is Love. Love is not mocked!

Peace!