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In fact, all true and living devotion presupposes the love of God;\u2014and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real love of God, though not always of the same kind; for that Love one while shining on the soul we call grace, which makes us acceptable to His Divine Majesty\u2026The ostrich never flies,\u2014the hen rises with difficulty, and achieves but a brief and rare flight, but the eagle, the dove, and the shallow, are continually on the wing, and soar high;\u2014even so sinners do not rise towards God, for all their movements are earthly and earthbound. Well-meaning people, who have not as yet attained a true devotion, attempt a manner of flight by means of their good actions, but rarely, slowly and heavily; while really devout men rise up to God frequently, and with a swift and soaring wing. In short, devotion is simply a spiritual activity and liveliness by means of which Divine Love works in us, and causes us to work briskly and lovingly\u2026The difference between love and devotion is justthat which exists between fire and flame;\u2014love being a spiritual fire which becomes devotion when it is fanned into a flame;\u2014and what devotion adds to the fire of love is that flame which makes it eager, energetic and diligent, not merely in obeying God\u2019s Commandments, but in fulfilling His Divine Counsels and inspirations.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In fact, all true and living devotion presupposes the love of God;\u2014and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real love of God, though not always of the same kind; for that Love one while shining on the soul we call grace, which makes us acceptable to His Divine Majesty\u2026The ostrich never […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSt Francis de Sales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In fact, all true and living devotion presupposes the love of God;\u2014and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real love of God, though not always\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2011\/01\/st-francis-de-sales.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"St Francis de Sales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In fact, all true and living devotion presupposes the love of God;\u2014and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real love of God, though not always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2011\/01\/st-francis-de-sales.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fr. 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