Trent Beattie, National Catholic Register: Questions like those the students had are great ways to talk about what love (or charity) really is. If I love someone, my goal is not to use them for my own pleasure, but to will what is best for them. What is that “best”? That “best” is heaven. We then talk about how real love (or charity) requires self-sacrifice, not self-indulgence. A lot of times when people use the word “love,” they really mean “lust.”
The theological virtue of charity is loving God above all else and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. This is why my wife and I have the acronym “JOY” written on our mirror: Jesus first, others second and yourself third. Read more here.
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