Love is an interior disposition that cannot be described adequately

[Mary Naeem]

Love is an interior disposition that cannot be described adequately, but one can specify conditions and manifestations. In this way it is possible, by close attention to the wisdom of the Fathers, to define different steps in the love of enemies, from the most elementary to the highest.

The first step, says St. John Chrysostom, is not to be the first to cause harm. .