Modern life, especially in the western world, makes questions about love intensely urgent. As personal mobility increases, as connections between people become more fragile, and as the question of personal identity is now a really challenging one, the meaning of love has become a central issue for reflective individuals and groups. In a short time, the developed world has moved from a culture of au-thority to a culture of choice. For good or for evil, a tradition-based culture has become a present-directed one. These are some of the questions which priest and psychologist Desmond O?Donnell sets out to address in the 22 reflections he offers us in To Love and to Be Loved.
