I cannot say that I have enough love, no, I do not have enough love. And how I wish to have a thousand times and a thousand times more love! Holy Virgin Mary, holy Mary Magdalene, grant me love; I place my soul in your hands, I beg for love, I ask you for the love of Jesus for a little love, for a lot of love ... For a lot of love, for the lips that you love have said: “Give, when someone asks you.” I ask you: Give, give a lot ... “Whatever you give to one of these little ones, you have given to Me.” Give to this little one, give him a lot, give him the precious gold of love and give it to him abundantly. You will give it to Jesus, for you will give it to one of His members ... Help me to love! Because I receive so much from Jesus, help me to be before Him what I ought to be. Make my thoughts, words, and deeds, everything in me, such that all pleases Jesus and glorifies Him, that everything corresponds to what He wants from me, that I am what He wishes me to be, to glorify Him as much as possible and to do His will in everything. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
(Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916), notes, Easter Sunday)
