"I offer, therefore, this book for the attention, not of the philosophers and sages of this world, not of the great theologians bogged down in their interminable questionings, but of the simple and unlearned who are seeking rather to love God than to amass knowledge. For he is not known by argument but by what we do and how we love."
"Everyone of us who lives in this life of ours knows that we cannot be filled with a love of eternity or anointed with the sweet oil of heaven unless we are truly converted to God. Before we can experience even a little of God's love, we must be really turned to him, and in mind at least, be wholly turned from every earthly thing. The turning is indeed a matter of duly ordered love, so that, first, we love what we ought to love and not what we ought not, and, second, our love kindles more towards the former than to the latter."
Foster/Smith: Richard Rolle exhorts us to love Christ with our whole heart, unmixed with love for earthly things. This week examine your loves. Ask yourself if these loves are competing for your devotion to God.
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