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Introduction to KNOWING THE LOVE OF GOD: LESSONS FROM A SPIRITUAL MASTER by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. (DeKalb, IL: Lighthouse Catholic Media, 2015).
17 gru 2020 · The objective of this study, from the perspective of the Gospel of John, was to investigate the concept of God’s transcendent love and how God can immanently be experienced as a God of...
If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us." (1 John 4. 7-12) Thus we see the profound definition, "God is love". The perfect display of love is only to be found in God, His divine attributes and the sending forth of His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Eternal and Irresistible Love of God We have ...
The immanent love of God (that is that it is His nature to love) is a rational and voluntary affection, grounded in perfect reason and deliberate choice. Love is absolutely consistent with God's TRUTH and HOLINESS.
The Incarnation, God became human, is the greatest sign attesting to the existence and love of God. He could not have spoken any more clearly than with the sacrifice of his own life. He saves us from ourselves.
Grace is God’s heart unveiled, God’s love in action. If a man has grace, he also has God; for God dwells in him in the Person of the Holy Spirit, who sheds the love of God abroad in his heart. Grace is provided for sinners by love, and the chief characteristic of love is to spend itself on the objects of its choice.
With the connection between love and God established, we can turn our focus to John’s teachings about “the love of God” (1 John 3:16). When discussing God the Father’s love for us, John provides critical commentary: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son” (John 3:16).
