Divine Love Gives Itself Away

The Gift of Life: Death & Dying, Life & Living DVD set offers a vision of hope and a view of reality that counter the cultural norms that view death as a tragedy, or the end of living, or an entry into harsh judgment and retribution. These videos are out-takes from the video series and presented here for your enrichment. A new video will be presented every Monday.

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Within the Trinity, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit [there is] no possessive attitude but [they] give themselves totally to each other in what theology calls ‘circumensession’ so that they live in each other rather than in themselves. That is why Jesus says, ‘No one can come to the Father except through me’ because that is where he is! What is clear is there is no possessive attitude in divine love. It gives itself completely.
 

El Amor Divino se entrega a si mismo

En la Trinidad - el Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo – no existe una actitud posesiva sino que se  entregan totalmente el uno al otro en lo que la teología llama “pericoresis”, de tal modo que viven cada uno en el otro en lugar de en sí mismos. Por eso es que Jesús dice, “Nadie puede ir al Padre sino es por mí”, ¡porque es allí donde él está! Lo que está claro es que no hay ninguna actitud posesiva en el amor divino. Se entrega a si mismo totalmente