Living Grace

Monday: Authentic love is neither self-generated nor born of our human willfulness. Love Is God. Therefore, the capacity to love always flows from God. Tuesday: While the experience of love is often accompanied with great joy, love is much more than an emotion....

One of the most joyous of human experiences is a wedding celebration of two people deeply in love. On such an occasion, heavenly graces are released. It is no coincidence, therefore, that Jesus performed his first miracle at a wedding celebration, turning water into...

When I was a college student, I told my spiritual director that I needed to love myself more. He chuckled and responded, “Good luck with that!” He asked me if I worried about self-esteem when I was praying, meditating, or serving. Of course, I could only answer no....

How do we know we are in the presence of a truly loving person? The answer is simple: they see us for the person we actually are, good and bad traits alike, in a spirit of unconditional acceptance. For this reason, we must never reduce love to an emotion or a gust of...

Truly, we are hardwired for love, but in our culture we tend to reduce love to something that always feels good. While the experience of love is often accompanied with great joy, love is much more than an emotion. Love is the evolutionary energy of God working within...

“True love manifests as the willingness to serve the highest good of the other and the honoring of the other’s innate goodness. Such love is not the fruit of self-esteem, ego strength, or psychological insight. Authentic love is neither self-generated nor born of our...