Live a life of love, especially the love of God, and observe the joy of it. Live a life of lovelessness and observe the joylessness of it.

The good Jew, like the good Christian, sees behind the law to the Lawgiver, whose will is perfect love.

It is faith (trust) that affirms that the light, the ultimate truth, is perfect love. (That's because there is only one God, and He is both.) Therefore faith is the key to this absolute love of truth.

It's out of liberal-hearted love and compassion for people that the Church has always been so hardheadedly conservative about doctrine.

is part of the infinite goodness of God, that He

1) Physical gravity is a physical form of love. That little rock is falling because it's in love with the big rock called the earth.

The hand of God is on me, the love of God is in me, and the heaven of God is before me.

The wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter God's realm where everything is possible. He specializes in the impossible. Nothing is too great for His almighty power. Nothing is too small for His love.

Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way, God can give us the perfect way.

And there is nothing you can do to make God love you less. Love is not something God does. It is who God is. And because of who he is, God loves you. Period.

When we truly know God, rather than living ashamed of our past of doubting God's love for us, we can daily enjoy his grace and unconditional love and acceptance. As our faith and prayer life grows, we'll see his goodness—even in our trials—and grow to forgive as he has freely forgiven us.

He explains the true character of the God of love and reassures us that ultimate power on earth will be good, not evil. It is through God and his Son that I strive to understand the world in which we live.