Father Ángel Espinosa de los Monteros brings to Exaudi readers in his Reflections section the topic “The importance of love.”
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Father Ángel Espinosa de los Monteros emphasizes the importance of love as the central axis of human existence. He addresses how different facets of life lose their true meaning in the absence of love, underlining his belief that “life without love is meaningless.”
He highlights the omnipresence of love in our lives, from personal relationships to the most significant moments, such as anniversaries and celebrations. “Love is in the mouth, in the mind, in the heart,” he says, pointing out that this emotion is the engine that gives meaning to life.
He presents a series of examples to illustrate how various aspects of life, when lacking love, can be distorted. He mentions that intelligence without love can lead to perversity, beauty without love can become banal, and docility without love can degenerate into servility. These observations seek to warn about the danger of living a life without love, which, according to him, leads to superficiality and emptiness.
A crucial part of his message is the contrast between wealth with and without love. Father Espinosa highlights that wealth without love leads to greed and selfishness, citing the Gospel to illustrate how the accumulation of material goods without an altruistic purpose is useless. Instead, he suggests that true wealth lies in generosity and sharing with others.
Success and freedom are also themes of his reflection. He points out that success without love can make a person arrogant, while freedom without love turns into debauchery, crossing the boundaries of respect for others. According to the priest, work without love turns you into a slave, and law without love becomes a tool of oppression, exemplifying the ancient principle of “an eye for an eye.”
Father Espinosa’s message also touches on aspects of justice and mercy. He emphasizes that justice without love can turn us into hypocrites, forgetting the importance of mercy as the first principle of justice. He criticizes authority without love, which can become tyranny, and politics without love, which degenerates into egoism, putting personal interest above the common good.
Finally, he addresses spirituality, stating that prayer without love leads us to idolatry and that faith without love becomes fanatical. He mentions that the cross without love becomes torture, not an act of redemption or control of passions, and concluded by reiterating that “life without love has no meaning.”
Father Ángel Espinosa de los Monteros concludes his message by inviting everyone to perform acts of kindness motivated by pure and selfless love, suggesting that these acts, rather than being announced, should serve as an example to inspire others. “Let us do all the good we can out of pure love, not out of presumption,” underlining the essence of his message: always live and act with love.
His final reflection is a call to action and personal reflection on how love, as a divine and human force, can transform our lives and those around us.
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