...What really matters is whither it leads. Again: Christ was God's gift to the world to show His love. "God so loved the world as to give His only begotten Son." The divine Babe was God's Christmas gift to man, a token of His love, the measure of His love. God...

...degree, and he strongly urges the first Christians to live in 1 1 John iv, 9, 10. ("/. John iii, 16 : " God so loved the world, as to give His only begotten Son." 1 John iv, 16. Cf. iv, 12, 13. 1 John iv, 17-19. Cf. iii, 19-24. 1 John iii, 18-23. £/- i*, 4-°1...

...of Christian missionary effort, — one to be loved with pity and compassion such as that wherewith God so loved the world as to give His only begotten Son to save those who were living in sin. There is no place in God's world for an offense in one man's...

...before me etc ". 9. Idem I c. 869 D sq. "We can hear (the Savior) himself, who teaches (us) thus: ' For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him, may not perish '. And again : ' For God sent not his Son into the world...

...God hath highly exalted him and hath given him a name which is above every name." In that hour when "God so loved the world" as to give his only begotten Son, Jesus said, "What is mine is ours, we will share it." That made him the Savior. It is that philosophy...

...measure of man's mind." And because He loves He must give. And His Gift is Infinite — is Himself: " God so loved the world as to give His only begotten Son." " And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." Familiar words, thrice a day repeated in the Angelus...

...lifted up: 1 5 That whosoever belie veth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. 16 2 For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. 17 For God sent not...

...(he) is passed from death to life 4 ". We cannot too often meditate on these words of St. John : " God so loved the world as to give His only begotten Son ". And why did He give Him ? " That whosoever ", he says, " believeth in Him may not perish, but may...

...ourselves caught up in the bond of love, the circuit of mutual giving, which unites them with One Another. "God so loved the world as to give His only begotten Son" (John 3:16). "In this we have known the charity of God, because He hath laid down His life for us,...

...and only in this way does he reveal himself. His culminating revelation is the Word made flesh: For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.3 God as he is the goal...