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St. Francis de Sales’ treatise on the love of God is divided into twelve areas of study: • Introduction to the Whole Treatise • The Origin of Divine Love • The Progress and Perfection of Love • The Decay and Ruin of Charity • The Two Chief Acts of Divine Love, Which Are Complacency and Benevolence • The Practice of Holy Love in Prayer and Meditation • The Union of the Soul...

is the motive-power of that spiritual life by which we live, move, and feel; and our spiritual life will be whatever the movements of our affections are. A heart without movement and affection has no love, and no heart that loves can be devoid of affective movements. Therefore when we fix our love on Jesus Christ we have anchored our spiritual life in Him. But He is now hid in God above, as God was hid in Him on earth; and therefore our life is hid in Him, and when He shall appear in glory our life
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