We’ve been reading from 1 John the
last couple of days:
Tuesday: Beloved, let us love one another, because
love is of God
Wednesday: Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must
love one another
Today: Beloved, we love God because he first loved
us. If anyone says says, “I love God,”
but hates his brother, he is a liar
The biblical scholars tell us that there is a certain contra-gnosticism going on in 1 John. The love of God, the love that is God, cannot
remain ethereal. Its only evidence takes
fleshy form. “Hating a brother” is
discernable and concrete…I know…I do it!
The repetition of words is like
being selected, highlighted, made bold, and underlined!
Love, Love, love
Simon Weil’s succinct
meditation:
God is love and love is goodness
giving itself away
…and I can hear God say: now go
put flesh on that!!!
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