St. Gabriel the Fool for Christ once said. If you have everything else, but love, you have nothing. St. Gabriel’s thought that “Love dominates all rules and laws” sits a bit heavy of my heart. I think of love being passive and gentle, not dominating. And yet as the psalmist penned in Solomon’s Song…”Love is strong as death; passion fierce as the grave, its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love…”
In my book The Ecumenical Affair, the Woman self identifies as Mary Magdalene and the Woman of Solomon’s Song. In my Master’s thesis, I examine modern revisionist theories claiming there is no explicit evidence to support the idea that Mary Magdalene was the Sinner Woman of Luke 7 who loved much.
St. Gabriel the Fool for Christ of Samtavro in Georgia
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword. Epistle of Paul to the Romans: 8, 35
Love dominates all rules and laws.
Denounce a man with love. God is an infinite Love, Goodness and Justice. Who loves goodness and justice, he loves God and he is loved by God as his own child.
If you have everything else, but love, you have nothing.
If you hate even a single person – you are disgusting before GOD.
Love your enemies – it’s clear. But how to love enemies of Christ?Stop hating and then you will be able to love them.
How to love the evil man? Hate the evil, but love those who do evil. Who knows maybe one day they will repent their sins…
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In Luke’s Gospel 14:26 Jesus says, If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters — yes, even his own life — he cannot be My disciple. Loving our neighbour and our self determination, our true self, for the sake of the Gospel sometimes puts us in conflict with our own family members. In my opinion, we do need to live in love and to do this we need to be honest with ourselves and our feelings. When we hate someone, we need to ask ourselves why? Where does hate come from? Are we feeling rejected, hurt, oppressed, and unloved by this person? If so, perhaps they need our love and understanding, more than we need theirs. What do you think?
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