Love Conquers All, and Love Conquers Us
‘After the fall, marriage helps to overcome self-absorption, egoism, pursuit of one’s own pleasure, and to open oneself to the other, to mutual aid and to self-giving.’ (Catechism 1609)
Results from Tag: 'love'
What ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Can Teach Us About Love
Through his characters Aragorn and Arwen, J.R.R. Tolkien offers insights on love and sacrifice, death and mortality
Love Rules: The Power of Personal Witness
Christ tells us that what marks us as his disciples is our readiness to love.
‘Live in Love’ in This Day That You Are Given
“Kindness is my only guiding star. In its light, I sail a straight route, and I have my motto written on my sail: ‘To live in love.’” —St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Death Is a Veil — and Love Is Eternal
Death is a sign of a deeper reality of eternal life in God.
“No Greater Love One Has Than This, to Lay Down One’s Life for One’s Friends”
SCRIPTURES & ART: In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks about what Christian love entails.
Human Love Is Never Enough
If God is love, then human love can work only to the extent it allows itself to be filled with God, overflowing with his love.
On Loving the Unlovable
What exactly is the job of love? It is nothing less than the effort to promote the real and permanent good of another person.
![Philippe de Champaigne [1602-1674], “The Good Shepherd”](https://publisher-publish.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregisterdev/swp/hv9hms/media/20201025131016_18354e70da6d4f5c2ad2162ebb747e79d506a74189e0c532ac9194410f3c7acd.jpeg "Philippe de Champaigne [1602-1674], “The Good Shepherd”")
The Simplicity and Difficulty of Love
Love starts with the humility that we need to turn to and be joined to Jesus Christ who is Love in order to love ourselves or others.
