"Love one another as I have loved you " Have you ever had been misjudged? To God, it happens all the time! is attributed God images that disfigure it. Formerly, it was said that he was a vengeful God. No wonder people have been afraid of him. Today we say good and understandable. So, we are continually thinking to be free. St. John found a brief statement to say that God is "God is love." In doing so, he said it all and yet everything remains to be said ...
Benedict XVI dedicated his encyclical on the theme of love. He writes in the introduction: " Originally from being Christian , there is no ethical decision or a great idea, but encounter with an event, a person , which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction. "
In other words, recognize the true image of God love 'implies that in fact has actual experience. There are certain experiences that are truly "divine" and they are more numerous than previously believed: see his sick child, will be moved by a spiritual reading, get in prayer for a friend, take the time to listen and accompany a wounded neighbor ... In fact, these experiments are so numerous and so everyday we do notice them more.
There is something else. The love from God is not a supplement to, something that would add to its existence. "God is love" in that it is the source and hence it is the principle of all experience that leads to love. "Love grows through love. Love is 'divine' because it comes from God and unites us to God .... " This kind of love expands our horizons, overcome our divisions, open to dialogue, reconciliation and allows for making generous. Benedict XVI adds: "union with Christ is also union with all those to whom he gives himself. I can not possess Christ just for myself: I can belong to him only in union with all those who have become or will become his. "
Similarly, in the Eucharist we become" one body ". is why the love of God and love of neighbor are so intimately linked. "A Eucharist which does not translate into concrete practice of love is intrinsically fragmented", Benedict XVI will say again.
short! We are not free to love or not love, we are free to love! And to love like Jesus. "The 'commandment' of love becomes possible only because it is not only a requirement: love can be 'controlled' because it is first given. "The measure of love is to love without measure, following the example of Christ.
In other words, recognize the true image of God love 'implies that in fact has actual experience. There are certain experiences that are truly "divine" and they are more numerous than previously believed: see his sick child, will be moved by a spiritual reading, get in prayer for a friend, take the time to listen and accompany a wounded neighbor ... In fact, these experiments are so numerous and so everyday we do notice them more.
There is something else. The love from God is not a supplement to, something that would add to its existence. "God is love" in that it is the source and hence it is the principle of all experience that leads to love. "Love grows through love. Love is 'divine' because it comes from God and unites us to God .... " This kind of love expands our horizons, overcome our divisions, open to dialogue, reconciliation and allows for making generous. Benedict XVI adds: "union with Christ is also union with all those to whom he gives himself. I can not possess Christ just for myself: I can belong to him only in union with all those who have become or will become his. "
Similarly, in the Eucharist we become" one body ". is why the love of God and love of neighbor are so intimately linked. "A Eucharist which does not translate into concrete practice of love is intrinsically fragmented", Benedict XVI will say again.
short! We are not free to love or not love, we are free to love! And to love like Jesus. "The 'commandment' of love becomes possible only because it is not only a requirement: love can be 'controlled' because it is first given. "The measure of love is to love without measure, following the example of Christ.
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