Perhaps tribulation, anxiety or persecution, hunger or nudity, danger or sword?… And I am sure that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor present nor future nor powers nor height nor depth nor any other creature will be able to separate us from God’s love, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord » Rom 8, 35, 38-39. M. There should be no stronger bond between people than love, M. ‘Love is stronger than death…’ There is no greater love than that of Christ for humanity. Will the answer be the same for a person because Christ overcame death? Who will separate us from Christ’s love? I’m convinced that neither death nor life… This is the conviction of someone who has already tasted the immense love of Christ and experienced what it means to love Christ.
‘Are you so sure, Paul?’ Peter, you were so sure when you said, ‘Even if everyone betrays you, I will never betray you.’ Tribulation, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, and the sword are enemies from without. They can tear many away from Christ. But when they fail, they bind even more tightly. Common afflictions unite people more firmly than everyday joys.
No attention! Can a person believe in themselves so easily? Internal enemies are more dangerous. It is a place of great persecution and small passions, but they are still present and alive. Instead of torture, there is small infidelity, which repeats itself and thus sells out great love in small things. It is the passions that most easily separate us from Christ’s love, imperceptibly. First among them are the small passions that are patient and eternally alive when we give them enough time to grow.
No, I can’t say that so easily. Who will separate me from the love of Christ? Not even death. When I’m tempted to think that, I’ll always consider those tiny enemies in my heart first. Oh, how petty, unworthy, and stupid it is to allow such things to slowly and invisibly ‘separate’ us from Christ’s love! What a poor substitute we choose instead of Christ’s love!!
Even if I were to take a wrong step or experience betrayal, let your love come to life in me and prevent me from negotiating with anyone. Then I will be more certain that enemies from outside will not threaten her. Trahe me ad cor suum miserans. Et a Te numquam separari permittas… Draw us to Your merciful heart. Don’t let me ever move away from you.
Hello. And Bye.