Sunday, August 18, 2019

“True love always imposes restrictions on itself – for the sake of others – whether it be the saint who detaches himself from the world in order more readily to adhere to Christ, or the husband who detaches himself from former acquaintances to belong more readily to the spouse of his choice.  True love, by its nature, is uncompromising; it is the freeing of self from selfishness and egotism.  Real love uses freedom to attach itself unchangeably to another.  If you love God you will never do anything to wound Him.  In married love, likewise, there is perfect freedom, and yet one limitation which preserves that love, and that is the refusal to hurt the beloved.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The World’s First Love)

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