" God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him " - 1 John 4:16 -

These words express with remarkable clarity the heart of the Christian faith; the Christian image of God and the resulting image of mankind and its destiny. In the same verse, it also offers a kind of summary of the Christian life: " We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us."

We have come to believe in God's love; in these words the Christian express the fundamental decision of his and her life. Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction. Saint John's Gospel describes that event in these words; " God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should ... have eternal life " - John 3:16 -

In acknowledging the centrality of love, Christian faith has retained the core of Israel's faith, while at the same time giving it new depth and breadth. The pious Jew prayed daily the words of the Book of Deuteronomy which expressed the heart of his existence; " Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your might " - John 6:4-5 -

Jesus Christ united into a single precept this commandment of love for God and the commandment of love for neighbour found in the Book of Leviticus; " You shall love your neighbour as yourself " - 19:18; cf. Mark 12:29-31 - Since God has first loved us - cf. 1 John 4:10 -, love is now no longer a mere "command"; it is the response to the gift of love with which God draws near to us.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -