Bonaventure

But true worship is insufficient without perfect bond, for charity teaches the worship and the love of God. And this comes about when the soul despises lowly things, tends to supreme values, and expands on the intermediate level, in such a way that it has sublimation in the highest things, separation from the lowest, and expansion on the intermediate level. And this consists in the foremost desire for eternal beatitude, an expanded disposition toward heavenly love, and a perfective contempt for worldly prosperity or possessions. …

Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 23 ↗