Tag: love
Prayer makes the Son of God present among us
I wish to speak not to families “in the abstract” but to every particular family in every part of the world, wherever it is located and whatever the diversity and complexity of its culture and history. The love with which God “loved the world” (Jn 3:16), the love with which Christ loved each and every… Read More ›
Christian and Muslims
In the news over the past week we are struck with the very poignant scenes of Christian cursing Muslim and Muslim cursing Christian at a time when the nation remembers the extraordinary events of 9-11. But have we forgotten we are all brothers and sisters in faith? Abraham’s God is the God of Christian, Jew,… Read More ›
Top Ten Reasons “Burn a Qur’an Day” is Anti-Biblical
It goes against the Bible’s teaching to “let your conversation always be full of grace.” (Colossians 4:6) It goes against the Bible’s teaching to “love your neighbor.” (Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 22:39) It goes against the Bible’s teaching to “love your enemies.” (Matthew 5:43) It goes against the Bible’s teaching to “do unto others as you… Read More ›
Vatican council calls planned Koran burning ceremony ‘outrageous’
Vatican City, Sep 8, 2010 / 10:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Although the charismatic Christian church planning a Koran burning on Sept. 11 only has around 50 members, the spectre of the impact on Muslim relations led the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue to issue a statement today expressing its “great concern” over the plan… Read More ›
God’s love does not depend on us
One of the qualities we find emphasized in the ancient accounts of the martyrs was their joy. There is no question of finding pleasure in pain. Rather it is the joy that comes when everything is lost but love perdures. We always suspect that love attaches itself to our good qualities and we fear that… Read More ›
Have Hope
Even though we have the power to destroy the whole world, life is stronger than the death instinct and love is stronger than hate. It does not make logical sense to be too hopeful, but once again this is not a question of logic and one does not look for signs of hope in the… Read More ›
Love of Another
At one time the abbot John was climbing up from Scete with other brethren and the person who was guiding them mistook the way for it was night. And the brethren said to the abbot John, “What shall we do, Father, for the brother has missed the way, and we may lose ourselves and die?”… Read More ›
We become like Christ as we come to know the Father
We are in Christ and that we become like Christ exactly to the extent that we experience God as Christ himself experienced him, that is, as a loving, affirming, and liberating Father. It is, therefore, by knowing the Father and by experiencing the Father’s love that we become one with Christ. . . . to… Read More ›
We are Worthy of Love
What we are asked to do is to love; and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbor worthy if anything can. Indeed, that is one of the most significant things about the power of love. There is no way under the sun to make a man worthy of love except by loving… Read More ›
Thoughts Count
At no time of day or night are we not thinking about something. The only real question is, What is it? What do I choose to ruminate about in the interstices of the day, in the dark quiet of the night? Where does my mind go when there is nowhere specific defined for it to… Read More ›