Love

As the song goes: "What is Love? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more..."

I pose the same question, What Is Love?
Through an extensive year of Theology, we come to learn that God is Love, true and eternal.

What does this mean?
God's Love is eternal, ever-present, ever-knowing, ever-omniscient, so large our human minds cannot comprehend to what level His Love for us reaches.

For us the magnificence of His Love is a Mystery, all we know is that He Loves Us forever.

The only thing comparable to His Love is a Mother's love to her child, other than that, it shall remain forever a Mystery of the Faith.

Subjectivity of Love

During the past week, and now that we are in the Easter season, I have been thinking about Love. Most of you may know the saying 'God is Love', which is true, because out of Love all is created, including offspring for the continuation of Life. But more importantly, is Love subjective?

For that, we need to know what we really mean by saying something is subjective. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines subjective as characteristic of or belonging to reality as perceived rather than as independent of mind.  This means that something subjective belongs to reality, it is not superficial and did not come out of someone's imagination.

So, lets rephrase the question, Does Love belong to reality?; Is Love superficial?

The answer is No. In human terms, love is an attraction, a feeling, a thought that holds the power to override any decision or action that a person makes. It is an incomprehensible force that can and will change lives. Love can seen only through its effects, but never in its simple existence. Those who are in love and their actions are the visible effects of Love, but it is not the Complete existence of Love, unconditional.

The only being capable of Unconditional Love is God, and He has showed us this throughout history, since our creation, to our salvation until today, and forever will. God loves us, no matter what happens to us or what we do, if we go back to Him, we will recognize His Love. The extent of His love is infinite, but to put it into physical human terms, it can be seen on the Crucifix. The image of Christ's brutal, inhumane Death is an example of just how much He loves us.

As for us, Love remains invisible, it will still affect us, and that incomprehensible force will always have its hold on our beings.

Vulgarity

Christ calls everyone to holiness. This is done by following his message. Christ teaches respect for every natural thing including human bodies. Vulgarity is a sin because is disrespects the inherent dignity of the body, which is a Holy instrument made by Christ. By putting that in a lesser place we are showing a blatant disrespect for the gifts God gave us. We must all be respectful to these gifts. Ephesians is the best place to find verses on this subject.

Ephesians 4:29”Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouth, but only such as is good for building up, as fits occasion, that it may give grace to those who here.”

Ephesians 5:4”Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk not crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.”

Saints are the greatest Sinners

Many people praise the saints as a model for holiness, which we should, however it is important to understand that they are not free from sin. They themselves most admit that they are the greatest of sinners. This true because a sins intensity all depends on mindset. There are two types of sins venial and mortal. Venial is not as bad and does require confession or serious reparation. But mortal sins are conscious acts against the will of God. Thus sense saints are often in such a close relationship with God, their sins are violating a more intimate sin. For example, saying a put down to a stranger probably won't hurt them that much. But saying it to your best friend with whom you have constant contact and have a very intimate relationship with, would upset them greatly. Thus the closer you are to God, the more serious are your sins.