God is Love: Seeing the World Ascetically, Part 1

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Archpriest Joseph Lucas explores the meaning of divine love and the importance of self-denial in response to God's love.

Send us Fan Mail This is the first of two talks given by Archpriest Joseph Lucas at our 2026 Lenten retreat. Contemporary society constantly speaks about "love" but does not understand what it means to say that "God is love." Father Joseph Lucas will take you on a journey, from the creation of the universe to the end of history, to explore the meaning of divine love and to reveal that a life of self-denial is the only proper response. Archpriest Joseph Lucas is an Orthodox priest,...

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Host: Joseph Lucas

Guest: Archpriest Joseph Lucas

Topics covered

• love
• divine love
• self-denial
• asceticism
• Lenten retreat

Keywords

• Orthodox
• Christianity
• spirituality

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