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    One thing that characterizes Catholicism is love.

    If there is a distinctive sign between


    catholic believers and non-Catholics, I think it will be love. For it was because of love that God
    the Father sent his only son into the world, and still because of this love that we were redeemed
    by our Lord Jesus Christ from our valley of sin. Still, because of this love that Jesus was praying
    for his persecutors and his haters, he was praying for those who had scourged His holy body. He
    prayed for those who had placed a crown of thorns on his head from which pearls of wisdom
    flowed. Became his followers we too are invited to do the same as he did. I considered this as
    one of our big challenges both as Catholics and candidates for the consecrated life as well. The
    challenges however became harder as we lived in this kind of society, where the truth seemed to
    be negotiable.
    Deus Caritas Est: God is love, become a very true recognition knowing that we cannot
    find love outside the divine circle, it’s only in Him that we find true love. A consistent
    connection with God will provide us with a heart that can love God faithfully, love our neighbor
    sincerely, and love ourselves wholly. The Gospel for this coming Sunday speaks about love.
    Maybe in some of our reflections, we wonder why Jesus kept telling us to grow in our love. Why
    does he continuously command us to do things with love? It is because the Lord knows how it is
    to become a human, a person filled with free will. For he knows how humans can act
    unfaithfully, both to God and his neighbors. Jesus knows perfectly how easy for a man to change
    his heart direction even within one second, man cannot be faithful unless he is being reminded
    again and again.
    The commandment to love one another is a constant reminder for us, however, this
    command has its challenges. To love one another is one of the biggest challenges of being
    Catholic. Nicholas Lohkam, a Franciscan friar writes” The biggest challenge of following Jesus
    is not to keep the commandments, not to be a successful preacher, teacher, housewife or auto
    mechanic. The biggest challenge of following Jesus is to become a lover, a person who loves as
    Jesus loves, humanly and gracefully”. How can we love people whom we don’t know? How can
    you love your neighbor who spreads gossip about you? A neighbor whom you caught while
    gossiping about your name? How can you love a man who killed your father and mother and cut
    their bodies into pieces in front of your eyes? It is difficult to love one another if we just lay in
    our capacity, thinking that we can do everything by our ability. But it will help us to love one
    another if we continuously beg God that he may give us his grace, grace that makes us grow in
    our loving relationship with one another.
    We are created to love and to be loved because our creator is a true love, our God is a
    God who loves everyone and everything. As Jesus’ followers, love must become our true
    identity, we must be known by our capability to love one another. This is what Jesus intended us
    to do as he says: “This is how all will know that you are my disciples if you have a love for one
    another”. Love moved us to forgiveness and reconciliation. Hatred erupts in quarreling and
    fighting. Love moves us to respect our differences yet binds our hearts together. Love moved us
    to respect our enemies and find ways of peace. Hatred moved us to kill our enemies and find
    ways of ever-greater destruction.

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