True love in every moment praises God.
Longing love brings a sorrow sweet to the pure.
Seeking love belongs to itself.
Understanding love gives itself equally to all.
Enlightened love is mingled with the sadness of the world.
But selfless love bears an effortless fruit,
working so quietly even the body cannot say
how it comes and goes.— Mechthild of Magdeburg
Some Facets of Love
◊ Saint Alexis Falconieri, pray for us