This total self-giving, to which the...

This total self-giving, to which the Son and the Spirit respond by an equal self-giving, is a kind of “death,” a first, radical “kenosis,” as one might say. It is a kind of “super-death” that is a component of all love and that forms the basis in creation for all instances of “the good death,” from self-forgetfulness in favor of the beloved right up to that highest love by which a man “gives his life for his friends.” “

Life is only genuinely alive insofar as it … grows beyond itself, lets go of itself. It is rich only insofar as it can be poor, insofar as it loves.… Death will not…