Being mad with love of God

Today we celebrate the Birthday of our Belove founder- Father Leo John Dehon. And for sure it is a greate happy moment in the life of the congregation. We all thank God for the life of Fr. Dehon and his mission and founding of the Congregation and so many other things too.

I would like to mention one of his teachings to us.

In the death bed of St. Francis of Assissi, his followers came asked him to give some adivice for them. Let us do something for the Lord, let us begin it now onward....Said the saint. And it was indeed a greate surprise for all of them. Because this is a man who lived all his life for the Lord and His people. It is the man who threw his dress infront of the Bishop and said I have only One Father..... Now he says let us begin. Becuse it was a greate fire in him to do something for the Lord.

The same spirit we can see in the life of Fr. Dehon too. And that is what I would like to share with you all.

" The love of your heart must overflow....It seems that God is beside himself because of his overpowering love, and therefore we must not be afraid to be beside ourselves, being mad with love of God. Let us give ourselves completely and without reserve. Let us draw generousity from love. Let us come again to that wonderful gift that God has made of Himself and of His Son, and to the gift the Son has made of Himself for us, let us read and reread this book of love which love itself....."