““St. John Chrysostom has the following beautiful simile in one of his homilies: " As a fire which has taken pos session of a forest, cleans it out thoroughly, so the fire of love, wheresoever it falls, takes away and blots out every thing that could injure the divine seed, and purges the earth for the reception of that seed. Where love is, there all evils are taken away." 7 St. Chrysologus says: " You wish to be absolved ? Then love! Charity covereth a multitude of sins. What is worse than the crime of denial? And yet Peter was able to expiate this [crime] solely by love." 8 Among the Schoolmen, Sylvius held a different view, which was, however, rejected by De Lugo and others. 9””
![“Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and disregards the offenses of others]. 1 PETER 4:8 AMP” quote by Barbour Publishing Inc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/499/barbour-publishing-inc-39920_forgiveness_above-all-things-have-intense-and-unfail_191985.jpg)
![“St. Bruno of Asti, who says: " The first tabernacle, therefore, is the Synagogue; the second, the Church; the third, Heaven. . . . The first was in a shadow and an image, the second is in an image and in truth, and the third [will be] in the truth alone. In the first, life is foreshadowed; in the…” quote by Joseph Pohle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7d8/joseph-pohle-3769_life_st-bruno-of-asti-who-says-the-first-tabe_36723.jpg)
![“The lover I am; it befits me to burn; but what is the reason for your weeping and burning? The candle replied: ‘Oh my ill-fated lover, a honey-sweet [shirin] friend went away from me. Someone like Shirin has deserted me; there is fire on my head, as it was on Farhad’s.’ The candle continued, while…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/435/sa-d-130799_fire_the-lover-i-am-it-befits-me-to-burn-but_123723.jpg)
![“The only thing that's real in any universe [is] that brilliant fire of Love that burns to the exclusion of everything else. As we recognize the presence of Love, we break through the wall of grief that would try to convince us that the dear soul with whom we have learned and loved so much no…” quote by Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fa1/richard-bach-424_believe_the-only-thing-that-s-real-in-any-univer_348205.jpg)
![“Jalaa hai jism jahaan dil bhii jal gayaa hoga, Kuredate ho jo ab raakh justajuu kyaa hai? [justajuu : desire] The fire (of love) has burnt the body and the heart. What are you looking for now by poking the ashes?” quote by Hasan Suhail Siddiqui](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a04/hasan-suhail-siddiqui-17635_desire_jalaa-hai-jism-jahaan-dil-bhii-jal-gayaa_479747.jpg)
