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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:GOD REQUIRES ONLY LOVE \nA letter to Hugh the Recluse from St Anselm of Canterbury4 \n◊◊◊ \nThe person who will have the grace to reign in the kingdom of heaven will \nsee the realization of everything desired in heaven and on earth\, and nothing \nunwanted will be realized in heaven or on earth. The love which will unite God \nwith those who will live there\, and the latter among themselves\, will be such that \nall will love one another as themselves\, and all will love God more than \nthemselves. \nIf someone asks what price\, here is the response: the one who offers a \nkingdom in heaven has no need of earthly money. No one can give God what \nalready belongs to God\, since everything that exists is God’s. Yet God does not \ngive such a great thing unless one attaches value to it; God does not give it to one \nwho does not appreciate it. For no one gives what he prizes to someone who \nattaches no value to it. Hence\, although God has no need of your goods\, God will \nnot give you such a great thing as long as you disdain to love it; God requires \nonly love\, but without it nothing obliges God to give. Love\, then\, and you will \nreceive the Kingdom. Love\, and you will possess it. \nAnd since to reign in heaven is nothing other than to adhere to God and all \nthe saints\, through love\, in a single will\, to the point that all together exercise \nonly one power\, love God more than yourself\, and you will already begin to have \nwhat you wish to possess perfectly in heaven. Put yourself at peace with God and \nwith others – if the latter do not separate themselves from God – and you will \nalready begin to reign with God and all the saints. For to the extent that you now \nconform to the will of God and to that of all others\, God and all the saints will \nconcur with your will. Hence\, if you want to be king in heaven\, love God and all \nothers as you should\, and you will merit to be what you desire. \nHowever\, you will not be able to possess it to perfection unless you empty \nyour heart of every other love… This is why those who fill their hearts with love \nfor God and their neighbor have no other will than that of God – or that of \nanother\, provided it is not contrary to God. That is why they are faithful in \npraying as well as in carrying on a dialogue with and remembering heaven; for it \nis pleasing to them to desire God and to speak of someone whom they love\, to \nhear him spoken about\, and to think of him. It is also why they rejoice with \nthose who are joyful\, weep with those who are in pain\, have compassion on the \nsuffering\, and give to the poor; for they love others as themselves.
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