February 2023
"EVERYTHING BELONGS TO LOVE" I was reading and contemplating the most recent apostolic letter by Pope Francis, “Totum amoris est” ("Everything belongs to Love"). Which is based on the “Treatise on the Love of God” written by St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, and Doctor of the Church and highlights the spiritual view of this great evangelizer, who dedicated his life to spreading the Good Tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ by means of leaflets that he would distribute or pass under the doors of his neighbors. Pope Francis points out that Saint Francis de Sales' approach to spiritual life had a remarkable theological dignity in which he stressed the importance of Love. For almost four decades I have been devoted to evangelization and can confirm that no power or force can change the heart and life of a human being better than LOVE. In “Treatise on the Love of God” Saint Francis de Sales explains that as soon as we pay attention to God, we experience an emotion that makes us feel that God is the God of the human heart. Pope Francis highlighted the following in his apostolic letter, "the experience of God is evidence of the human heart. It is not a mental construct, but an acknowledgement full of amazement and gratitude resulting from the manifestation of God.” The Pope explained that "Faith is not a blind movement, but an ability of the heart." Through which men trust in a Truth that presents to the conscience as a “sweet emotion” capable of inspiring a corresponding and inalienable “wish-well" for each reality created, as he liked to put it. We must understand that for St. Francis de Sales, there is no better place to find God or start looking for Him than the heart of each of us. Sharing a part of this apostolic letter with you rekindled my passion to continue taking souls to Encounter Christ so that His great Love may transform them. Regarding Love, those of us who have undergone the experience of “falling in love”, can once again perceive emotions and feelings by remembering that by "being in love” something very special moved us and made us look for every means possible to spend time with that person. Many of us resorted to incredible feats to be with our loved one; sometimes we would even give up our family and many other things. I remind you of this so that we do not forget that when you genuinely love, you will do everything you can to be close to the person you love and stay in union so that we can get to know each other better. And thus, our love grows stronger; so much more with God. I invite you to show our love to God in 2023 through constant prayer, to have a more intimate relationship, for praying with Faith and Love will not only make our love for Him grow but help us obtain many miracles and great blessings from the…