“Jesus let me know that true charity consists in doing that work, with every stripping [of self] and without any interest, either toward creatures or toward God. And for it to be entirely directed to the glory of His Divine Majesty, one must first have that pure and right intention of doing it only out of love and with love.”
— The Diary of St. Veronica Giuliani: A Compendium: “Tell Everyone Love has been found!” by Veronica Giuliani
“When I feel that some Sister contradicts me or causes me some displeasure, I immediately seem to know that I must then exercise charity toward her in a good way because this is true charity. And I feel something within me that doesn’t allow me to live [peacefully], and stirs me so much that I am forced to do acts of charity and humility toward her. As soon as I have done so, I feel very content in having overcome myself and the repugnance I felt.”
— The Diary of St. Veronica Giuliani: A Compendium: “Tell Everyone Love has been found!” by Veronica Giuliani
St. Thomas Aquinas teaches us how the gift of Wisdom is not the same as the wisdom gained through human effort. Wisdom, which is “a right judgment about Divine things,” is not an effect of study or experience, but is an effect of Charity. St. Thomas explains how God’s perfect wisdom is like that of an architect’s understanding of the whole building while the individual craftsmen only see their small part of the operation. The Holy Sprit shares some of this understanding of Divine things with us through the gift of Wisdom.