Solemnity of St. Paul of the Cross

"I would like to tell you some important things, . . . . The language required is learned only from love.  Listen to the divine Lover and let Him teach it to you. . . . I want to be on fire with love, more and more.  How I wish that we were so aflame with love that all who came near us would catch fire, not only our neighbors but total strangers, all tribes and tongues and nations, in a word, all creatures, so that all would know and love the supreme Good."  (From a letter of St. Paul of the Cross)