 So it's worth noting that when the Father warns Catherine that all the corruption of the church and the world is rooted in self-love, he's not talking about the proper love of self, the ordered love of self. You know, it can be a little confusing sometimes, both in Scripture and in the writings of Catherine, when it sounds like self-love is a problem, okay? But here we have to understand the kind of self-love that honors God, that flows from our recognition of our dignity. That self-love is good, but it's a selfish sensuality, what is called in this section, sensual passion. This absorption with our own pleasure that leads us to oppose things that are truly good. That is the form of self-love that ultimately leads to vice and ultimately leads to our own harm and the harm of other people. Copyright © 2020 Mooji Media Ltd. All rights reserved