13 May 2020
On Love
Love
for Christ overflows into love for one's neighbor, love for truth, love for
holiness, for the world, for purity, for everything divine, for everything
deathless and eternal ... All these forms of love are natural manifestations of
love for Christ. Christ is the God-man, and love for Him always means love for
God and for man. When we love Christ God, we also love all that is divine,
immortal and Christ-like in people. We can't truly love people if we do not
love them for the sake of these causes. Any other love is pseudo-love, which is
easily changed into lovelessness and hatredness toward people. True love for
man comes from love for God, and love for God grows in accordance with the
keeping of His commandments.
St. Justin
Popovich
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