EP02.02 Ordo Amoris is God's Order

Love is Charity/Caritas. Love is a word of action NOT an feelings. Love is God and God is Love. Now take a look at Canon Law:
224. There is an order to be observed in the practice of charity: 1. between the persons loved; 2. between the goods which are loved in them.
1. In our love of persons the order to be observed is the following:
a) We are bound to love God above all else, then ourselves, and our neighbour in the third place.
b) We are not bound to love our neighbours equally but in proportion to their proximity to God and to ourselves.
2. Between the objects loved the following order exists: a) one’s own spiritual welfare; b) the spiritual welfare of our neighbour; c) one’s own bodily welfare; d) bodily welfare of the neighbour; e) external goods.

Sources:
(Rev. Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P., Handbook of Moral Theology [Cork: The Mercier Press, Limited, 1956], trans. by Fr. Gerald W. Shelton, S.T.L., n. 224; italics given; underlining added. This book has been republished by Benedictus Books [#CommissionLink].)

Moral Theology (1958) by the Dominican Fathers John McHugh and Charles Callan, available online for free. The full treatment can be found in nn. 1158-1182.

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