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 in the Hebrew of the Old Testament) is God’s most distinctive 
characteristic.</b></span> St. Augustine reminded us that we are, by our very 
nature, ordered to God. But since God is tender mercy, "having" God is 
tantamount to exercising compassion, being merciful ourselves. </span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">And
 attend to what Jesus says next: <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>"Stop judging and you will not be 
judged. Stop condemning and you will not be
condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be 
given to you."</b></span> According to the "physics" of the spiritual order, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the 
more one draws on the divine life, the more one receives that life, 
precisely because it </b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">is</span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>
 a gift and is properly infinite. God’s life </b></span></span></b></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">is </span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">had, as it were, on the 
fly: <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>when you receive it as a gift, you must give it away, since it only
 exists in gift form, and then you will find more of it flooding into 
your heart.  </b></span><br></span><br><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>If you want to be happy, </b></span>Jesus is saying, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>this divine love, this </b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">chesed</span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> of </b><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">G</span>od, must be central to your life; it must be your beginning, your middle, and your end.</b></span></span></b></b></div>
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