Friday, November 4, 2016

Amoris Laetitia - Par. 96


96.  In a word, love means fulfilling the last two commandments of God's Law:  "You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife; or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbour's" (Ex 20:17).  Love inspires a sincere esteem for every human being and the recognition of his or her own right to happiness.  I love this person, and I see him or her with the eyes of God, who gives us everything "for our enjoyment" (1 Tim 6:17).  As a result, I feel a deep sense of happiness and peace.  This same deeply rooted love also leads me to reject the injustice whereby some possess too much and others too little. It moves me to find ways of helping society's outcasts to find a modicum of joy.  That is not envy, but the desire of equality. 

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