Let us pray to God to make us worthy of his holy love; for if we were to love him perfectly, all the goods of this earth would seem to us smoke and dust, while pain and suffering would become our delight. Listen to what Saint John Chrysostom says about a sould wholly given to almighty God: “Those who have attained the perfect love of God seem to be alone on the earth. Such persons no longer care about either glory or shame. They scorn temptations and afflictions; they lose the taste and appetite for all things. And, not finding support or repose in anything, they continuously go about in search of their beloved without ever growing weary, so that when they work, when they eat, when they are awake or asleep, in every word and deed, all their thoughts and desires are to find their beloved; because in his heart is where treasure lies.”

- pg 52  The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ by Saint Alphonsus Liguori