God's Love

Part 12: In this 12th entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole examines the spirituality of consoling the Sacred Heart as it appears in the lives of an array of members of the Communion of Saints.

Part 11: In the next entry of his new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole continues his discussion of consoling the Heart of Jesus as found in the writings of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690).

Part 6: In this sixth entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole looks at the sort of love for God and man revealed by Christ's Passion and death. (Hint: It's a lot!)

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Mt 22:39). Jesus called that the second greatest commandment, after love of God. And there, entangled in one commandment, is love of self as well as love of others.

For St. Catherine, the merciful love of God so essentially defines who He is that, along with St. Augustine and St. Thomas, Catherine understands that it is precisely despair of His mercy that constitutes the only unforgivable sin.

Mercy presents us with a semantic problem. After all, the word mercy in contemporary English has a very restricted meaning. It is usually used to refer to an act of pardon, as in "Let me off, judge; have mercy" or "He threw himself on the mercy of the court." In the Catholic tradition of theology, however, mercy means far more than just the cancellation of punishment. Far more then that.

Turn to any page of the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska and you find spiritual gems. Like this one.

Do you ever feel disinterested in God? Do you ever wonder if God feels the same way about you? Find out in this article.

Why did the Blessed Virgin Mary suffer more than anyone else? Find out in this article.

What's the one thing can drives Jesus' presence out from our souls? Read to find out.