Over All These, Put On Love

Jesus offers a way to heal and strengthen our relationships.

"When I think about living above with all the saints I love, Yes, I look forward to that glory. When I think about living down here with some people, Now that’s a completely different story."

As amusing as this little poem may be, it expresses an important truth: Building relationships with other people may be easy to accept in theory, but it is far more difficult to live out every day—especially with people who rub us the wrong way! Theory says it is possible to love our enemies, but the reality of life tells us something altogether different.

In this article, we want to look at the ways we relate to other people. Hopefully, we can deepen our good and positive relationships with others and maybe even heal some of our damaged ones. And to do that, we will examine St. Paul’s advice to the Colossians:

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one…