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Fr. Jeffrey Kirby: What Love Is — and What It Is Not – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Jeffrey Kirby: What Love Is — and What It Is Not

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COMMENTARY: A minimalistic view of love robs the human heart of its excellence.

By Father Jeffrey Kirby, EWTN News, June 1, 2023

Father Jeffrey Kirby is a priest of the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina. He is a moral theologian and the host of the daily devotional program Morning Offering With Father Kirby.

 

Father Jeffrey KirbyThis month, we honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ. We are told by our society, however, that this month is about pride. It’s not a reference to the chief of the seven deadly sins, but rather to the aggressive promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer ways of life. The LGBTQ+ movement has claimed June for itself, as it claims that “love is love.”

It is no small irony that the month claimed by this movement, and its incomplete and loose definition of love, is the very month in which we pause and honor the divine love of the Lord Jesus for every man and woman.

It would seem, therefore, that we need to review what love is, what it is not, and how we can authentically receive and give love to others. …

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