Then he would mix his tell with the show of his miracles, his dramatic power plays that demonstrated so loudly and clearly that he had come to give life and give it more abundantly. In today s gospel, Jesus seems to be begging for love. For some of us, loving Jesus is as natural as breathing. And yet, for some of us, loving Jesus is a problem. We can appreciate him, respect and adore and thank him but love seems a bit maudlin.
Love has an infinite variety of expressions and infinite degrees of intensity.
There are as many kinds of love as there are people who love. But as its basic level, love is getting out of yourself and into someone else. Behind every act of self-love is the realization that each one of us is an absolute individual with a unique consciousness who is personally responsible for our self. That is what makes us human. And behind every act of other-love is the realization that each one of us is not complete all alone, but is only part of humanity, merely one expression of a species, in desperate need of being connected.