The cost of Genuine/Agapeic Love

Gospel Thoughts*

*Easter Season : 2nd Week - Wednesday*

*GOSPEL -  Jn 3:16-21*

*First Reading - Acts 5:17-26*

*The cost of Genuine/Agapeic Love*

*1) Is it easy or Difficult to Love?*

Many would say, it is easy to love. 

Many others would say, it is very difficult to love 

It all depends on what type of Love that we present and the purpose of our love 

Depending on these things, one will be able to answer the above Question 

*2) Loving is always a challenging and Difficult task*

It is very clear from the Gospel, even for God to exhibit the genuine love, God has to make lots of sacrifices

 First of all God send His Son into this World because God fell in love with the World : *God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son*

It is the Love which made God to send His only Son 

It is the Love of God towards us who are sinners, to save us from the slavery of Sins, which made God to send His Son 

It is the Love of God, which made Jesus to humble himself in all forms 

It is the love of God, which made Jesus to suffer, accept all humiliations and finally to die on the Cross

It was the Love of God, which made Him to offer the only valuable gift that is Jesus to the entire humanity 

Now we can imagine, how difficult and challenging it was for God the Love the Sinful world or Sinful human beings 

So to show genuine love is always a challenging and difficult task 

*3) Love was responsible for the greatest sacrifice of God on the Cross*

It was the Love of God to the human kind, finally made Jesus to die on the Cross 

God's genuine love for human beings allowed His Son to die on the Cross

The crucifixion is the greatest sacrifice of God, for Love 

Crucifixion is the cost paid by God, for Loving the Human Being 

*4) In God's Love there is only one thing - Giving and Total giving*

The speciality of God's is that, its richness consists in Giving and total giving 

This God's love does not depend on what He gets from the Human beings, rather what He can give to the human beings 

So *Giving* or *Sharing* is the main principle of God's Love  

*5) How do I understand the Concept of Love*

Is it something in which all the time I look for something to receive?

Does it operate on the principle of *What I will get?* or *In what way it will benefit for me?*

Does my love involve any selfish intentions or motives?

What things do I improve in my life in order to raise my concept of Love to that love of Jesus - The agapeic love or the unconditional Love 

God loved the World and all the human beings and gave or sacrificed everything

I love other and give myself to the wellbeing of the other? Or 

I love other and look for receiving everything from all the sides

What is the cost of my Love? 

What is the nature of my Love?

*Think about it*

*God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones*

*Fr Maxim Dsouza*

*Jeppu Seminary*

*Mangalore*