Sometimes I hear preachers emphasize that God’s love is “unconditional”, and what they mean by this is intended to comfort and encourage their listeners. The idea, however, can be so easily abused.

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” – 1 John 4:16 (NIV) It inspires me to hear near-death experience stories from ...

When we sing worship songs about God’s love, we’re worshiping God in a way that goes straight to the heart of who he is. The Bible reveals in 1 John 4:8: “Whoever does not love does not know God, ...

Does love have its own nature, or is it completely contingent upon how it is received? | Image courtesy of AI: God’s Love. It is perhaps the most clichéd idiom in all Christianity: “God loves you”. It ...

“For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay each according to his conduct.” Find today’s readings here. When I graduated from the Jesuit School of ...

Throughout the Bible, angels appear as messengers, guides, protectors, and servants of God. They announce births, provide warnings, deliver instructions, and reveal important parts of God's plan. From ...

Today we celebrate the Most Holy Trinity that dwells in our hearts. The dogma of the Trinity is not the result of mythological fantasies or of abstract philosophical meditations. Neither it is a cold ...