Salesian Literature

Chapter 11  :  The motives we have of holy love

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St. Bonaventure, Father Louis of Granada, Father Louis de Ponte, Father Diego di Stella, have sufficiently discoursed upon this subject.  I will only sum up those points on which I have touched in this treatise.

 

The divine goodness considered in itself is not only the first motive of all, but also the greatest, the most noble and most mighty.  For it is that which ravishes the Blessed, and crowns their felicity.  How can one have a heart, and yet not love so infinite a goodness? This subject is treated to some extent in chapters 1 and 2 of Book 2 and from chapter 8 to the end of Book 3, and in chapter 9 of Book 10.

 

The second motive is that of God’s natural Providence towards us, of creation and preservation, as we say in chapter 3 of Book 2.

 

The fourth motive is to consider how God brings to effect this Providence and Redemption, giving every one all the graces and assistances required for salvation; which we handle in Book 2, from chapter 8, and in Book 3, from the beginning to chapter 6.

 

The fifth motive is the eternal glory which the Divine goodness has provided for us, which is the crown of God's benefits towards us: of which we have said something from chapter 9 to the end of Book 3.

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