We often says that God loves us...and that we love God. But we never say that "we are love". We only say that we love. How can God "be love". Isn't love a thing? No..Love is an action. For God to be Love, then His very Being must be Love. How is this possible?
For God to be Love, His very Essense and Being must be Love. For God to be Love, He would have to be a Trinity. {Fr. Byron of "Catholicism Series".} Why? Because to be Love, one would have to be a Lover, a Beloved and the Love between Lover and Beloved: the Father loves the Son; the Son loves the Father; and the Love between them is the Holy Spirit. So God truly and really is Love. IN fact, God could not be any other way of Being. If God were only one Person: The Father, then who would he be Father of? If the Son were the only Person in God, then who would He be the Son of? And if the Holy Spirit were the only Person in God, then who would He be the Love of?
Thus, The Holy Trinity is the only way God can be: He is Love: which is the inner Trinity's loving Being.
When the Second Person of the Holy Trinity became man, then as the Word He always loving the Father. And the Father said from the cloud: "This is My Beloved Son, whom I am well pleased." And the Holy Spirit was made visible in the Dove.
And Jesus said: "As the Father loves me, so I love you." And He said: "Love one another as I love you." Lots of Love going on here!
But what about the question: should we love ourselves, too? Jesus said, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself." Well, then does Jesus love Himself?
There is a most famous quote in Latin:
"Erit Unus Christus semetipsum Amans."
Which means: "There shall be One Christ loving Himself."
But this has a very mystical meaning: This means that the whole Body of Christ - the Mystical Body of Christ - Christ as the Head and we as the members - shall be "The One Christ loving Himself."
That is why we say that the Chuch is the Bride of Christ. That is why Isaiah says: "As the bridegroom delights in his bride, so shall God delight in you."
How truly can it be said with great depth: God is Love!
Peace and love, Pio
No comments:
Post a Comment