In order to understand Jesus, insofar as that is possible, one must perceive him as a reflection of the Father…. Jesus, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, ordered everything in his mortal life according to the will of his Father….
The love of Jesus for his Father is a priestly love: that is, a love which glorifies, a love which immolates itself, a love which redeems and saves; a love which reached its climactic fulfillment on Calvary and which perpetuates itself in the Mass and in souls. It is as though Jesus wished to fill heaven and earth, time and eternity with his love for the Father. The love of Jesus for his Father first overflowed in him and then was poured out over his entire Mystical Body. Our poor love is nothing more than the effect of that divine love of Jesus for his Father.
Following Jesus’ example, we will love the Father on behalf of all those souls who do not love him. We will make every effort so that the Father will not miss even a spark of that love. We will love him in union with Jesus. With a love that glorifies him. A love that immolates itself. A love that redeems and saves! We will love him with a love which finds, like the love of Jesus did, its crowning glory in the cross, in Christ’s sacrifice, which we should offer at every moment unceasingly to the Father, one with that divine Redeemer.
O heavenly Father, our love is in reality so very small and imperfect, so deficient and inconstant. But Jesus has loved you for us. The poor love that our hearts now offer you comes from the heart of your Son. Do you not recognize its fragrance, the unique perfume of Jesus? We love you, O heavenly Father, with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our strength. We cry out to you with the holy enthusiasm and abandonment to your will with which Jesus did, for that will was his food and his drink.
Blessed Concepción Cabrera de Armida
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