Fr Ignatius Mary THE DEFINITION OF LOVE Homily 01072025

The Definition of Love
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command
Mat 16
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.
“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force”
Matthew 11:12, NKJV
THROUGH MARY TO JESUS