is of the greatest opportunities that we targeting the same Jesus as the unsurpassable model of love for the Church. First, we try to imitate the extension of that love. One is the Bride of Christ, and this is the Church, yet the love of the divine Spouse has such magnitude that, without excluding anyone, in his Spouse, embraces the whole human race. In fact the cause for which our Saviour shed his blood, was precisely to reconcile with God in the Cross all people, as many of the nation and race, and join them in a single head. The true love of the Church requires not only that we are mutually solicitous of one another (Romans 12:5), as members of that body, who enjoy the glory of the other members of another's pain and suffering (1 Cor 12:26), but also in other men, though not yet joined us in the Church community, as brothers of Christ after the flesh, called together with us to the same eternal salvation.
Unfortunately, especially nowadays, there are those who emphasize pride in their aversion, hatred, envy as something that elevates and ennobles the dignity and human value. We, however, as we see with pain the fatal fruits of this doctrine, we follow our peaceful king, who taught us to love not only those who are not of our nation and our people (Luke 10.33-37), but even enemies (Luke 6.27-35). We, the penetrated with the spirit of the sweetest feeling of St. Paul, exalt him that is how the length, width, height and depth of the love of Christ (Eph 3:18); that love, that is, that no diversity of origin and customs may weaken, which even the vast expanse of the ocean can mitigate, and even wars that finally, whether undertaken for reasons right or wrong, can never destroy .
Unfortunately, especially nowadays, there are those who emphasize pride in their aversion, hatred, envy as something that elevates and ennobles the dignity and human value. We, however, as we see with pain the fatal fruits of this doctrine, we follow our peaceful king, who taught us to love not only those who are not of our nation and our people (Luke 10.33-37), but even enemies (Luke 6.27-35). We, the penetrated with the spirit of the sweetest feeling of St. Paul, exalt him that is how the length, width, height and depth of the love of Christ (Eph 3:18); that love, that is, that no diversity of origin and customs may weaken, which even the vast expanse of the ocean can mitigate, and even wars that finally, whether undertaken for reasons right or wrong, can never destroy .
meditation of Pius XII, pope from 1939 to 1958
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