During his Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo reflects on the greatest commandment, stressing that love is the essence of faith and ...

We read about it, write about it, sing about it, think about it, and yet, time and time again, we forget about it. God’s love. Something truly remarkable and profoundly unclear, something we are quick ...

Sometimes I hear preachers emphasize that God’s love is “unconditional”, and what they mean by this is intended to comfort and encourage their listeners. The idea, however, can be so easily abused.

God’s all-deifying love is for all. God desires to share it with everyone, for God is love. If there were someone God did not love, then God’s love would be conditional, making it something which is ...

These layers of our existence encompass the whole of the interior person: Through love, we come to a new way of thinking.

When I was little, I pored over the stories of the saints, especially the martyrs. I was morbidly fascinated by stories of little 6-year-old Conchita of the Drooping Veil who loved God so passionately ...

“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved.” – Ephesians 2:4-5, NIV When ...

God loves us because we are made in his image and likeness, able to know and love in him in return, and thus distinguished from all creatures in the material world (Gen. 1:26-27). In addition, despite ...

Deus Caritas Est is divided into two major parts. In Part 1, the Pope addresses the concept of love, especially as developed in the rich terminology of classical thought, and asks whether eros, the ...

Msgr. Joseph Prior explains how in this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus avoids the trap set for him by a scholar. He shows that the perfect love of the Holy Trinity, extended to everyone, is the model for our ...

Still Small Voice is a collection of 18 interviews with clergy tackling 18 questions about God, published during the month of Elul, a time of Jewish reflection and accountability. Click here to read ...