John of St. Samson Quote

Aspiring, therefore, is not merely an affective conversation, a good exercise in itself. … Aspiring is therefore an expression of love: a love so purely and radically expressed that it transcends all loves that are comprehensible by the senses, reason, or the intellect. By the impetuosity and force of the Spirit of God, it arrives at union with God, not by chance but by a sudden transformation of the spirit in God. In this, I say, the Holy Spirit goes beyond all the love that can be understood and comprehended in the abundant ineffable sweetness of God Himself, in Whom it is amorously immersed.

The Carmelite Tradition (2011)