“Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.” Ephesians 2:4-5
Because of his great love…
When Francis of Paola (15th century) came across a crucifix, he spontaneously cried out, “O love, O love, O love!”
The crucifixion was an act of great love, a love that preceded our sins and for us today, even our existence. We cannot look at the cross and doubt God’s love, for never was love displayed in a rawer, truer, more authentic form than on the cross.
Alphonsus Liguori lived during the 18th century. He immersed himself in the most excellent works of Christians throughout the centuries. His own work, The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ has as many quotes from the classics as it does his own thoughts. It is a how-to book on friendship with Jesus, and it begins, appropriately enough, by founding such a friendship on recognizing the love God lavished on us through Jesus’ death on the cross.
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