Article: The meaning of Love.(Brief Article)

There is no other word in our language that is more abused, misused, and confused than the word "love". Yet its essential meaning is not difficult to understand. The weight of the entire Christian tradition tells us, quite simply, that love is a tendency toward the real. St. Francis de Sales, in his Treatise on the Love of God expresses it more poetically when he states, "Love is the movement, effusion and advancement of the heart toward the good."

Love overcomes separation and intimately unites us with reality. In its interpersonal manifestation, it affirms the reality of the beloved, that is to say, his or her truth, goodness, and desirability. "Love is not ...

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