In this episode we discuss the love of the world and charity toward one's neighbor.

1. The love of the world consists in loving, above all, money, or the gratification of one's appetite, or earthly honors or anything else in the world, instead of giving the first place to God.
2. Through love of the world we incur the loss of sanctifying grace, and eternal felicity.
3. The love of the world blinds the soul of man, and leads him away from God.
4. The love of the world destroys interior peace, and makes men fear death greatly.
5. The love of the world gives rise to hatred of God and of His servants.
6. The love of the world ceases at death.

THE COMMANDMENT OF CHARITY TOWARDS OUR
NEIGHBOR

1. We ought to love our neighbor because this is Christ's command; furthermore because he is a child of God, made after His image, and also because we are all descended from the same parents and we are all called to attain eternal felicity.
2. The love of our neighbor shows itself in desiring the good of our neighbor from our heart; in abstaining from injuring him, and in doing him good.
3. We are commanded to love our neighbor as ourselves, but we are by no means obliged to love him better than ourselves.
4. All that we do to our neighbor, whether it be good or evil, we do to Christ Himself; for He has said: " What you did to one of these My least brethren, ye did it to Me " (Matt. xxv. 40).
5. Eternal happiness will be the unfailing reward of those who fulfil closely the precept of charity to their neighbor.
6. The love of one's neighbor is the distinctive mark of the true Christian.

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