This is what God requires of us; that among all our loves His must be the most heartfelt, dominating over our whole heart, the most affectionate, possessing our entire soul, the most general, using all our powers, the most lofty, filling our entire spirit, and the most firm, calling forth all our strength and vigor. Because by it we choose and elect God as the supreme object of our spirit, it is a love of supreme election, or an election of supreme love. . . Love of God is love without a peer, because God’s goodness is goodness without an equal. Hear, O Israel, your God is the sole Lord. Therefore, you shall love Him with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with your whole mind, and with your whole strength.
--St. Francis de Sales
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