New on TikTok: • Love vs. Attachment: Attachment seeks to possess; love seeks the good of the other. • Example: Marital love—beautiful, but if it becomes “I can’t live without you,” it turns idolatrous. • Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 (“Love is patient… bears all things”)—love without clinging. • Detachment allows joy even in suffering/loss. Key Quotes Section: • St. John of the Cross (1542–1591, but teachings echo 1300 AD mystics like Meister Eckhart): “In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.” (Paraphrased; emphasizes pure love without self-interest.) • St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274, ~1300 AD era): From Summa Theologica (CCC references charity): “Charity is the form of all virtues… love of God and neighbor without inordinate attachment.” (CCC 1822–1829 on charity as theological virtue—loving without possessing.) • Greek Philosophers (Aristotle, ~384–322 BC): “Perfect friendship is loving the other for their own sake, not utility or pleasure.” (Nicomachean Ethics—foundation for Christian detachment.) • Plato (via Symposium): Love ascends from physical to divine beauty—detachment from lower forms. Practical Advice (~20-35 min): • Practice gratitude without expectation. • Pray for others’ good, even if it means letting go. • Detachment frees us to love more people deeply. [Outro:] Reflection prompt: Examine one relationship—where is attachment blocking love? God bless. Notable Quotes from 1300 AD Era Saints/CCC/Greek Philosophers (As Likely Referenced) • St. Thomas Aquinas (13th century): “To love is to will the good of the other.” (Pure love without attachment to return.) • CCC 1822 (Catechism, referencing Aquinas): “Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things… and our neighbor as ourselves.” • Meister Eckhart (~1260–1328): “The soul must abandon attachments to find God.” • Aristotle: “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” (But true philia is selfless.) • Plato: “Eros leads the soul to the divine forms”—detachment from physical to eternal. #LoveW#LoveWithoutAttachmentc#DetachmentInLoveL#TrueLoveVsAttachmentl#SelflessLoveitualDetachment