However, I did want to tell a personal story to explain something, and that story is linked to becoming a priest. So, for this Mother’s Day, when we want to tell our mothers how much we love them, let me quote the commentary for you. Yet he did put it very strongly, because he doesn’t just mean ‘love less’, as some people interpret it in an attempt to tone down the sentence. PITILESS ATTITUDEThe force behind these vigorous words does not lie in their implying a negative or pitiless attitude. The Jesus who is speaking here is none other than that same Jesus who commands us to love others as we love ourselves and who gives up his life for mankind.

Source: Daily Nation May 12, 2019 06:56 UTC