Our Own Personal Love Is Not As Good As the Love of Christ, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, Aug 07, 2025

Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org.  See full bio.

Previous in series: : Family life: The ultimate school of faith and holiness

This is the conclusion of a four-part series which explores various aspects of how we draw others to God, Jesus Christ, and the Church He founded. In the first part I indicated the importance of apologetical arguments (that is, the rational defense of the faith) while indicating that apologetics alone is not enough. In the second I discussed those factors or “motives of credibility” that attract people to the the Faith. And in the third, I stressed the tremendous importance of the family as the ultimate incubator for deep, interior conversion. But clearly the vast majority of persons throughout the world have not had or do not have a strong Catholic family life, or indeed any Catholic family life at all.

What, then, is left? The answer is actually the very thing that is both modelled by a fully Christian family life and inescapably attracts positive attention. In other words the answer is Catholic peace, joy and love. …

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