Active Love is a Harsh and Fearful Thing Compared with Love in Dreams

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https://www.tanbooks.com/ type SF15 at Checkout for 15% off Mediatrix Press affiliate link - https://mediatrixpress.com/?wpam_id=9 Glory & Shine products here https://gloryandshine.com/?utm_source=Youtube%20/%20Sensus&utm_medium=a45903521d&utm_name=65995592a1 St. Athanasius and many other Fathers of the Church with him taught this astonishing truth: “God became man so that man might become god.” To be made like God… to become one with Him in heaven… to enter into the one Act of God’s Love, we cannot bypass Christmas… we cannot sidestep the Incarnation of His Majesty! Many saints and spiritual writers have called this path “the way of spiritual childhood.” It seems to me that the great Russian writer Dostoevsky captured something of this way in one single statement he places on the tongue of a holy monk… Fr. Zosima in his magnum opus, The Brothers Karamazov. Fr. Zosima: “active love is a harsh and fearful thing compared with love in dreams.” So, there is active love and love in dreams. Love in dreams feeds the lie that Adam and Eve embraced… “you will be God now!” Active love is the way of the Lamb… the way of God… the way out of this world of deception… It seems to me that this is also summed up perfectly in a poem written by the Carmelite Martyr of Compiegne, Bd. Teresa of St. Augustine. She and her 15 companions brought an end to the French Revolution’s darkest hour… the reign of terror, dying on July 17, 1794… the reign of terror ending 10 days later, the length of a novena. Listen carefully… O Infant God / naught else can fill my longing. / Yes, nothing else can satisfy my heart. / It is settled then, / henceforth I’m Thy belonging. / And of Thy love, / I’ve now become a part. / My criminal soul, / heal of its sin so shameful. / Wound Thou my heart, / with pain or love’s delight. / Let wounds divine / wounds for my soul so grateful, / Martyr my heart / to suffer day and night! / O love divine, / I now with all my being, / Here at Thy crib / abandon all my soul, / I thus yield up, my reasoning and my seeing. / From this time forth / my faith in Thee is bold! / Thy Heart alone! / Thy Heart shall be my master! / Thoughts and desires / I sacrifice as weak. / Within Thy heart / I would now be seized faster, / the martyrdom of love / alone I seek. / Sweet Savior God, / fix my hope, / O fix it all on dying! / Truly I die from not dying for Thee. / And hasten, Lord, / the end of all my sighing, / Freed from these chains / to Thee alone I’ll flee! / Let Thy blade cut, / completing all my offerings / For nothing but Thy will / for me is sweet. / My one desire is that / Thy hand be hovering / over me Thy bride, / the sacrifice complete! Active love is a harsh and fearful thing as compared to love in dreams. Active love is the way the Child Jesus has chosen to go… and where He goes we must follow… if we are to become God. For more please visit http://reginaprophetarum.org/#/ & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest ***Donations to Sensus Fidelium is 501(c)3 tax deductible*** 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ ▶️ 4. Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 ▶️ 5. My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ ▶️ 6. LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c ▶️ 7. ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c ▶️ 8. UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium ▶️ 9. BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium ▶️ 10. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.us/donate-support/ ▶️ 11. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 12. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 13. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Sensus Fidelium Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium ▶️ 14. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758

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