Catholicism, holiness and spirituality: Love of neighbor

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November 29, 2004

Love of neighbor

'Love me as I love thee'

Love me as I love thee. O double sweet!
But if thou hate me who love thee, albeit
Even thus I have the better of thee:
Thou canst hate not so much as I do love thee.

Gerard Manley Hopkins

November 29, 2004 in Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ | Permalink

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Ah, a good way to start my day. Hope you had a nice thanksgiving. I checked you a few times but saw you weren't writing. I'll go back now and see if you did and I missed it.

Posted by: Fran | November 29, 2004 at 12:37 PM

doesn't it say that the greatest of these is charity somewhere??? peace brother :::

Posted by: david | November 29, 2004 at 09:21 PM

I love this! I've never seen it before -- is this the whole poem or just a snippet?

Posted by: Patti | December 01, 2004 at 11:31 AM

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