God is Love - from the Catechism of the Catholic Church

I like the way that this is expressed. “God Himself is an eternal exchange of love.”  God wants mankind to share in that exchange of love.

I like the emphasis that the Catholic Church puts on all of mankind and not just a part of mankind. Sure, all Christians know that not every single individual human being will be willing to receive the love of God offered in Christ.  Many will and do stubbornly reject Christ.

Even so, Jesus came to redeem mankind. That potentially includes every individual. His love is sufficient for the salvation of all, but each one must come individually.

What does a person come to when they receive Christ?  He or she comes to that “eternal exchange of love.”

What a beautiful thought, and what a lovely way to think of the Trinity.



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But St. John goes even further when he affirms that "God is love":⁴⁴ God's very being is love. By sending his only Son and the Spirit of Love in the fullness of time, God has revealed his innermost secret:⁴⁵ God himself is an eternal exchange of love, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and he has destined us to share in that exchange.

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1 Jn 4:8,16.

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Cf. 1 Cor 2:7-16; Eph 3:9-12.

"God Himself is an eternal exchange of love.”