St John of Kronstadt: The love of our Divine Savior, Jesus Christ, of God the Father, and of the Holy Spirit to us is so great...
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Lessons by our Holy Fathers
The love of our Divine Savior, Jesus Christ, of God the Father, and of the Holy Spirit to us is so great, so immeasurable, that, in comparison to it all human dislike, enmity and hatred against us become insignificant, and seem to vanish entirely.
It is because of this boundlessness of God's love to us and the insignificance of human enmity that the Savior commanded us all to love our enemies, bless them that curse us, do good to them that hate us, and pray for them which despitefully use and persecute us.
We are in the love of God; does it greatly matter to us if men are not well disposed towards us? What can they do against us when God has so loved us?
St John of Kronstadt
My Life in Christ
