What Is Love?

[SurlyMermaid]

So… I was listening to an excellent talk by Fr. Larry Richards on YouTube. He talked about walking in love.

What is love? How do you know you love someone? How do tell someone why you love them?

Just interested in everyone’s thoughts.

 

[jessykuttikkad]

God is love…he the only person who showed meaning of love by giving his whole body…his blood,heart to all his enemies…in my opinion that is love…the endless love,…permanent love, ,

 

[JM3]

Best definition of love that I ever heard was from the movie Starman, where Karen Allen’s character says “Love is when you care about someone more than you care about yourself.”

 

[ACanthony]

It’s quite easy to tell anyone you love them. We are even taught to “love” our enemies. I think this is different from actual love though. The “loving” of the enemies is probably having a good disposition to them…to help them if they are in need…to truly see Christ in them. But to love as in a family member or friend, I think that is much deeper. It’s the feeling that if they didn’t exist anymore your soul would truly be at a loss. You could love one of your enemies but then 5 years down the road find out that they passed out I don’t think it’s possible your soul would really be a loss.

 

[SurlyMermaid]

Hey, thanks for the great responses!!! :grouphug:

Best definition of love that I ever heard was from the movie Starman, where Karen Allen’s character says “Love is when you care about someone more than you care about yourself.”

Oh my goodness! I saw that at the drive-in and loved that movie. Need to see it again. If I can piggyback on the geekness, around the same time on “Doctor Who,” the character Peri was explaining love to Brian Blessed’s character. She said something to the same effect!