The Book of Love: Brief Meditations

The Book of Love: Brief Meditations contains eighty-five brief, accessible, easily readable reflections on various aspects of love, including the following:the essence of divine love as the selfless gift of self, given and received, as revealed by Jesus Christthe various types of love, including God's love for us and our love for God, self-love, marital love, parental love, friendship, love of one's neighbor, and love of one's "enemies"the four key elements of genuine lovesuggestions for living out those four key elements in one's daily lifediscerning and fulfilling one's unique mission of love in the worldWe human beings are all homo viator: people on a journey. We are all on a journey ad Amorem, a journey toward Love. Drawing upon some profound insights regarding love from a variety of thinkers, including Hans Urs von Balthasar, Josef Pieper, Thomas Aquinas, Pope John Paul II, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and C. S. Lewis, Clements skillfully guides readers of The Book of Love a little farther along the path toward Love.