Biblical Guide to Life #54: What is true love? [St. Mother Theresa] John 3:16 (Fr. George Mary Claret)

#love #dailybible #bible #bibleversefortoday #bibleverse #mothertheresa Biblical Guide to Life #54: What is true love? [St. Mother Theresa] John 3:16 (Fr. George Mary Claret) Love is one of the most misunderstood and misused terms. Love is taken to be merely a feeling. It is reduced to be between romantic couples. If someone (other than your family members) tells you, "I love you", what would be your reaction? But, true love is much more than merely saying 'I love you'. According to St. Mother Theresa of Kolkatta (1910-1997), "Intense love does not measure, it just gives." Real love is all about giving and giving oneself without measuring.  It is a dangerous game! St. Mother Theresa learned to love from the Eucharistic Lord. She used to spend an hour in Eucharistic Adoration. That was her Power House. As St. John, the Beloved Disciple, says, "We love because he first loved us." (1 John 4:19) "God is love" (1John 4:8) Separation from God is death. Being separated from God, we have no idea about 'What is true love?' The primary thing and foundation to love is to have been loved by God FIRST. St. Mother Theresa spent that ONE Hour with the Lord and let herself be loved by the Lord. Because she had personalised what Jesus said in John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." We don't let ourselves be loved by God, and at times by NO ONE for that matter. Do you realise the applications of the above statement of Jesus? Let's spend time in front of the Eucharistic Lord and let ourselves be loved by Him enough. Then we will be enabled to love as He loves us. Do you want to love? In other words, do you want to be in the image and likeness of God (cf. Genesis 1:26-27)? ====================== You are most welcome to follow me on the following platforms. ====================== To understand the Incarnation (the Word made flesh), try this book by Fr. C. George Mary Claret "God’s Journey to Bethlehem: God's Way of Alluring You to Enter Into Your Heart" https://geni.us/nnB5 Connect him on http://bit.ly/WebGGOG Facebook Personal http://bit.ly/FacebookGeo Group http://bit.ly/GGOGFB Amazon Author Page http://bit.ly/FrGeorge Twitter http://bit.ly/TweetGMC LinkedIn http://bit.ly/LInGMC Medium http://bit.ly/MedGMC Pinterest http://bit.ly/PinCGMC Tumblr http://bit.ly/TumCGMC Goodreads http://bit.ly/GoodReadsGMC Quora Space http://bit.ly/QuoraGGOG Personal http://bit.ly/QuoraCGMC Reddit http://bit.ly/RedditGMC Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/trinityhspirit Google Podcasts http://bit.ly/podcastsgoogle