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Printed image of The good Samaritan in Grace Church Chiangmai, Thailand by unknown artist.
‘Love one another as I have loved you’ By Father Brady Williams, SOLT
A Contributor
wise spiritual guide once pondered that when we get to heaven, the Lord will not ask us, “What did you do for me,” but rather “how well did you receive my love?” Christ gives us a new commandment: “Love one another as I have
loved you.” When St. John says in his First Letter (4:10): “Love
consists in this, not that we have loved God but that he has loved us,” he emphasizes something that is absolutely essential to us as Christians. Loving as Christ loves, first of all, means that we have come to experience the love that God has for us. If we have not truly accepted this love and interiorized it, then it is impossible to love another person as Christ has loved us. I think this is one of the most crucial aspects of our faith that has to be accepted
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