{"id":997,"date":"2020-08-20T20:35:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T00:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=997"},"modified":"2020-08-20T20:40:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T00:40:55","slug":"the-measure-of-love-is-love-without-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/saints-and-blesseds\/the-measure-of-love-is-love-without-measure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Measure of Love is Love without Measure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/saints-and-blesseds\/the-measure-of-love-is-love-without-measure\/attachment\/sbc22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SBC22.jpg?fit=476%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"476,554\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rafael&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1597955075&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SBC22\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SBC22.jpg?fit=476%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SBC22.jpg?resize=544%2C633\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-998\" width=\"544\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SBC22.jpg?w=476&amp;ssl=1 476w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SBC22.jpg?resize=258%2C300&amp;ssl=1 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saint Bernard of Clairvaux <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLove seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrue penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJesus, thou joy of loving hearts, Thou fount of life, thou Light of men, From the best bliss that earth imparts We turn unfilled to Thee again. We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead, And thirst our souls from Thee to fill. O Jesus, ever with us stay, Make all our moments calm and bright; Chase the dark night of sin away, Shed o&#8217;er the world Thy holy light.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Bernard of Clairvaux \u201cLet us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.\u201d \u201cLet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints-and-blesseds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-g5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6738,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/st-bernard-of-clairvaux-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":997,"position":0},"title":"St Bernard of Clairvaux","author":"monks4christ","date":"August 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Jesus Joy of Loving Hearts \u201cJesus, thou joy of loving hearts, Thou fount of life, thou Light of men, From the best bliss that earth imparts We turn unfilled to Thee again. 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