The White Room Gallery in Leamington is now showing an exhibition of signed limited edition prints by Hirst, including a silkscreen with diamond dust depicting
For the Love of God.
For the Love of God is a re-interpretation of six essential biblical texts: The Song of Songs, the Book of Ruth, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Jonah, and Job.
Waugh recorded that "We spent the day watching for a spot of gratitude
for the love of God and saw the spark ...
Dati recorded that Margherita became his comother "
for the love of God [per amor di dio]."(26) This phrase, meaning an unpaid service, appears frequently in the ricordanze.
To which he responded: "
For the love of God, woman, are there so few saints' names that you have to name the child after a nut?"
For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments." And what are his commandments?
Benedict taught not to murmur against anything that might be sent," Griffin recalls in Scattered Shadows, "but to give thanks for it because it would destroy self-love, and leave the way clear
for the love of God. And that is the beauty of faith.
By enthroning the Sacred Heart in our hearts we help make a place
for the love of God in Jesus that enfolds the whole world and embraces the poor and the sinner in forgiveness.
"I turn my little omelet in the frying pan
for the love of God. When it is done, if I have nothing to do, I bow down to the ground and adore God from whom has come the grace to make it.
