“Love that moves the sun and other stars,” Martin Hoegger

“In the last verse of The Divine Comedy, Dante defines God as « l’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle », the love that moves the sun and the other stars (Paradise, xxxiii, 145). This means that the stars, the planets, the whole universe are not governed by a blind force, but by a personal will, the Spirit of God, who in Christ revealed himself as Love. This love is the golden thread that links all parts of creation together”  […]  —Martin Hoegger, “Love that moves the sun and other stars,” Martin Hoegger, Dec 30, 2019 (retrieved March 26, 2024)