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BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX · 12TH CENTURY · CISTERCIAN
On Loving God
Synopsis
A meditation on why and how we should love God, tracing a movement from self-interested love toward love of God purely for God's own sake.
On Loving God is a central text in the Christian mystical tradition, offering insight into the spiritual life, the nature of divine union, and the transformation of the soul.
Selected Passages
The reason for loving God is God Himself.
The measure of loving God is to love Him without measure.
Love is sufficient in itself, pleases by itself and because of itself.