Love

Let us now look at love as a unifying principle that unites everything we do. We often have many demands and expectations on us, from spiritual life, starting with the needs of our family, duties at work, raising children, commitments to parents, friends, parishes, etc. The danger lies in the fact that our lives can become a ragged move in different directions, where we need to manage different battlefields without something that connects us. Here I have to be a father, a boss, a counselor somewhere, then a patient patient, a manager who has the move, then a team player and somewhere else … That’s why we are looking for something the goal to which everything is heading. Such a principle is love. So I do not have to be a completely different person everywhere, because once I am asked for ferocity and determination, sometimes tenderness and attention. I can still be the same person who wants to love in every situation.

                When we talk about love, we mean our love for God and our neighbors. But in the first place there is something else. The basis of spiritual life is God’s love for us and our deep gratitude for it. “Love is that we were not loved by God, but that he loved us” (1Jn 4: 10).

                The basis of the good news is to understand and accept that God loves me. It is also true that the basis of our frequent frustrations is the inability to understand and accept this deep truth. It seems so beautiful and attractive to us that we do not believe it to be true. One psychiatrist once said to the priest, “Father, keep telling people that God loves them. Most of the problems that I deal with are people who think that no one loves them, that no one can love them and that is why they do not love and respect themselves. ”

                Every human being is loved by God and invited to respond to this love. Especially those who believe in God’s revelation. Finding a way to receive, re-emanate and radiate this love is our lifelong program. Let’s say again a few tips that help us on this journey.

To love someone, I need to spend time. We talk, listen, and look forward to being together. The secret of spouses’ love is a stolen time for themselves every day. Over time, children see that when parents are together, they are fine and can approach them with greater love. In this way, the stolen time will return hundreds of times. And this is precisely prayer. With God, time spent alone enriches our entire lives.
Another way to enrich our relationship of love is by one and the other. When there is someone in our company who likes us and wants to get to know him better, we invite him to some common meal. Similarly, we grow in love when we attend the Eucharistic Banquet.
When we love somebody, we get to know sarodin and that man’s friends. The fact that a young couple is serious about their relationship is to introduce each other to their family. We want Jesus and His Church to be the love of our lives. So, we need to know his family and his friends. This is especially true of his Mother. We are so close to Jesus that His Mother becomes our Mother. But let’s not forget about St. Joseph, the apostles and other saints. When Jesus could love, for example, Peter, who was unstable and weak, I more easily believe he can also love me.
If we want to bring the sledge closer, it is quite natural that we want to know everything we can about it. The same is true of the Lord. That is why we need to study, ask to seek. Read especially the Holy Scripture, where we can learn the most about the Lord and his love for us.
If I love someone, I desire to purify my life of everything that could hurt a loved one. Before the basic characteristic of our relationship, the Lord will be the daily dying of sin and growth in virtues. Thomas Merton describes God’s love as a sunbeam passing through a window. Light on the window reveals streaks. The more light we release, the more cleansing awaits us. On every page of Scripture, we find an urge to convert, to repentance. It is an invitation to a daily struggle with our dark side, which prevents us from becoming free.
If we love someone, we would die for him. If we want to come closer to Christ, we must not only be willing to die for him, but also to die. The cross will be part of our lives. Why are we then surprised when he comes? Why are we taken aback when we feel lonely, misunderstood, lonely when we see that it doesn’t work in our family? Why do we think something bad happened, that we messed up, didn’t manage when problems and difficulties came? We are likened to a man on the cross, invited to give up everything, possibly life for the love of the Crucified and his Bride of the Church. There are situations in life that come to us, and we long for freedom. This is the burden of the cross that will always appear in our lives.
Finally, when we love someone, we learn to have people and activities