Do you really love Jesus?
Do I really love Jesus? What would be an indicator that could show me how much I love Him? My love for Jesus is not measured by the success of my ministry or the extraordinary God-experiences I may have. Those are nothing but the direct result of God's immeasurable love and mercy for us. God gives Himself to us in a measure of which we are completely unworthy. God's love is not a reciprocation of what we do for Him. We are incapable of doing any good work except when He does it in us and through us. How, then, will I know how much I love Jesus? In our spiritual life, we do many things as part of a routine. If not as a routine, we could be doing them for the love of self and the justification of self. As we know, one Holy Mass is powerful enough to transform a person into the likeness of Christ. One confession is enough to make us as pure as we ought to be. But we walk out of every Mass pretty much the same way. Sometimes, some thoughts or feelings may linger for a while, but th...