God's Love!!!

What can we say about the love of God? The best answer is that God's love is unconditional. During this Christmas Time, we know how much God loves us because He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior. This week our first reading has been from the first letter of St. John, chapter 4, and it speaks about God's love for us. In the passage for today, 4:19-5:4, St. John takes God's love a step further when he says that we need to love our brother. Of course, that means that we need to love our brothers and sisters with the love of God. As John writes, "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God, and everyone who loves the father loves also the one begotten by him. In this way we know that we love the children of God when we love God and obey his commandments." When we look at the Ten Commandments, the first three commandments focus on Love of God and the final seven focus on Love of Neighbor. This of course is our Lord's commandment on love. God's love is infinite and unconditional and nothing can take love from us. Let us be open to the love of God in our lives and in turn, share that love with others!!! Have a blessed day!!!