“In the perfect sense, forgiveness is not reconciliation when forgiveness is asked for; but it is reconciliation to need to forgive beforehand long before the other is person is perhaps thinking of seeking forgiveness.”
– Soren Kierkegaard
Sermon on the Mount – Week 2(a) – Matt. 5:21-37 Read More »
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Sermon on the Mount – Week 1(b) – Matt. 5:1-20 Read More »
We will find in Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, the highest morals and the perfect standard of the Christian life. – St. Augustine
Sermon on the Mount – Week 1(a) – Matt. 5:1-20 Read More »
Even though the Beloved breaks off the relationship or fails to reciprocate the love, so long as the Lover continues to love, the love remains.
Works of Love – Week 4(b) – Love Abides Forever Read More »
It is only an illusion to imagine that one himself has forgiveness, although one is slack in forgiving others.
Works of Love – Week 4(a) – Love’s Like-for-Like Read More »
Only when we presuppose the existence of love in the other do we have the foundation in which to build up the love in the other.
Works of Love – Week 3(b) – Love Builds Up Read More »
Our Love is known by its Works of Love just as tree is know by its fruit. Luke 6:44
Works of Love – Week 3(a) – Love’s Hidden Need Read More »
The task is not to find the loveable object, but to find the object before you loveable. To love is to love the person one sees.
Works of Love – Week 2(b) – Love the Person You See Read More »
To paraphrase Jesus (Matt. 7:24-27), a relationship can either be built on the rock of God’s love or the shifting sands of human preference.
Works of Love – Week 2(a) – The Greater Love Read More »
This duty to love is blind to the identity of the beloved. Because of the imperative “shall”, this love is given unconditionally and equally to all persons without any distinctions. When we do our duty to love, we find our neighbor.
Works of Love – Week 1(b) – Neighbor Love Read More »
