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The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

079: Clearing Up Confusion About Real Love

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9831 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

There's a lot of confusion about love these days. That needs to change. On this episode of the Art of Catholic, we'll peel back some of the deeper layers of love. In fact, we'll get to the heart of Christian love. My guest wears spectacles and dark socks with his tennis shoes, but can still drain 3's in a pickup game. His name is Dr. Michael Healy and he's the former Academic Dean at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He's smart. And this is his specialty. His "Nature of Love" course at Franciscan literally changed my life. It opened me up to deeper understanding of the reality and demands of love. (And it helped me convince his daughter to marry me:). Now I want to share him with you on this episode of the Art of Catholic. He's an expert in the texts of St. John Paul II, among others, and is going to enlighten us all with some of the philosophy of love that every one of us needs to understand in order to fulfill the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is obviously a huge topic and there's a lot more to say. That said, we get to a good portion of it in this very enlightening conversation. Among other things he'll answer: How should Catholics approach the topic of love? Is there a difference between love of neighbor and love of God? Can we have a truly disinterested love? Why is love so often the occasion for sin? What is the relationship between sex and love? Can we call same-sex attraction love? Is the religious life is an objectively higher calling than marriage? What about marriage in heaven? It's a fascinating conversation you're not going to want to miss. God bless! Matthew P.S. I'm heading back to Italy! Join me in March 2019 for an amazing pilgrimage to Rome, Assisi, Orvieto, LaVerna, and much, much more! Check it out here!           Grab your FREE copy of my quick guide to deeper prayer 8 Ways To Jumpstart Your Prayer Life!            Related Episodes: 013: The Question of Hell with Dr. Michael Healy 072: Rediscovering the Power of St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body 073: Part 2 Rediscovering the Power of St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body CLICK HERE to go to iTunes and leave a review of The Art of Catholic. Help spread the faith!

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0:00.0

You know the song I want to know what love is?

0:02.4

No, I don't.

0:03.6

You ever heard of the band forerner?

0:05.5

Vagely.

0:06.5

Vagely?

0:07.5

There's some big band from the 80s.

0:10.3

Killing me.

0:13.3

This is the tongues of men and of angels but have not loved, I am a noisy gong or

0:34.1

a clinging symbol.

0:35.8

And if I have prophetic powers, I understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I

0:39.9

have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

0:45.8

If I give away all I have it,

0:48.5

and if I deliver my body to be burned,

0:50.8

but have not love, I gain nothing.

0:55.1

Love is patient and kind, love is not jealous or boastful,

0:58.4

it is not arrogant or rude,

1:00.4

love does not insist on its own way,

1:03.5

it is not irritable or resentful, it does not insist on its own way. It is not irritable or resentful.

1:06.1

It does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.

1:10.5

Love bears all things.

1:13.1

Believes all things.

1:15.9

Popes all things.

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