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Love tends to union with the object loved. Now Jesus Christ loves a soul that is in a state of grace with immense love; He ardently desires to unite Himself with it. That is what Holy Communion does
Oct 1, 2025
As husbands, I think one reason we have some trouble with Paul's command to love our wives "as Christ loved the church," is that we don't really fully know how Christ loves the church.
That question in marriage is mutual submission, really - the next verse goes on: "husbands love your wife as Christ loves the Church."
To love as Christ loves is to let our love be a practical and not a sentimental thing.
The sum of the whole matter is this: He who is one in will and heart with God is a Christian. He who loves God is one in will and heart with Him. He who trusts Christ loves God. That is Christianity in its ultimate purpose and result. That is Christianity in its means and working forces. That is Christianity in its starting point and foundation.
No matter how good or bad we may feel, no matter how up or down we may be, Christ loves us, accepts us, and thinks the world of us.
A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.
People should fall in love with their eyes closed.
Where there is great love there are always miracles.
As he loves us, he would have us love others. We say men are not worthy of such friendships. True, they are not. Neither are we worthy of Christ's wondrous love for us. But Christ loves us-not according to our worthiness-but according to the riches of his own loving heart! So should it be with our giving of friendship-not as the person deserves-but after the measure of our own character.
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.
Christ prays in me, Christ works in me, Christ thinks in me, Christ looks through my eyes, Christ speaks through my words, Christ works with my hands, Christ walks with my feet, Christ loves with my heart. As St Paul's prayer was: I belong to Christ and nothing will separate me from the love of Christ. It was that oneness, oneness with God in the Holy Spirit.
When we truly understand what it means to love as Jesus Christ loves us, the confusion clears and our priorities align. Our walk as disciples of Christ becomes more joyful. Our lives take on new meaning. Our relationship with our Heavenly Father becomes more profound. Obedience becomes a joy rather than a burden.
If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ's love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude.
I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ ...; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love.
He [Jesus Christ] loves to see poor sinners coming to Him, He is pleased to see them lie at His feet pleading His promises; and if you thus come to Christ, He will not send you away without His Spirit; no, but will receive and bless you.
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
To lay down one's life for the truth.
Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
Perfect love drives out fear
Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did.
To love another person is to see the face of God.
It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.
Love is costly. T forgive in love costs us our sense of justice. To serve in love costs us time. To share in love costs us money. Every act of love costs us in some way, just as it cost God to love us. But we are to live a life of love just as Christ loves us and gave Himself for us at great cost to Himself.
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Hate is too great a burden to bear.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
In the face of horror ... there is no other answer than the cross of Christ: Love that descends to the abyss of evil.
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