Loving God with Your Mind

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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How do you love God with your mind? Using the example of St. Thomas Aquinas, Dr. Sri explains how learning more about God can lead us to a greater love for him. With stories and meaningful insight, Dr. Sri reveals how we can love God with our minds.

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The more we learn about God, the more reasons we have to love him.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic, where real faith meets real life.
0:14.4	In Luke 10, verse 27, Jesus makes a very intriguing statement.
0:19.8	I'm sure you've heard this statement before, you've heard this teaching many, many times
0:23.5	probably, but have you ever really pondered what Jesus really meant by this?
0:29.9	Listen to the words he says, you shall love the Lord with all your heart, with all your
0:32.9	soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind.
0:36.6	What does it mean to love the Lord with your mind?
0:40.9	How do you do that?
0:41.9	I mean, I get love the Lord with all your heart, right?
0:43.5	You want to give God your whole heart, and we should love them with all our soul, and
0:47.3	love them with tremendous strength, of course, but love God with our mind.
0:52.0	What does that mean?
0:53.0	Does that mean we just have to be really smart and get good scores on our tests and read
0:57.7	lots of books?
0:58.8	What is that all about?
0:59.8	How do we love the Lord with our mind?
1:04.0	In our culture today, I hear a lot of talk about the heart.
1:07.9	You know, I want to love God with my heart.
1:09.6	I want to meet Jesus in my heart.
1:11.1	My heart sturs for the Lord.
1:13.2	I feel prompted by the spirit in my heart.
1:15.6	We talk a lot about the heart as Catholics, but I don't hear a lot of Catholics today
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