Saints and Love

I am a retired educator with a lifelong interest in spirituality and its intersection with religion. Of late, I have become more aware of how the essential teaching of Christ  (love of God and Neighbor) seems to rarely make it into discussions, liturgies, homilies, and reflections. In fact, I have found that talking about 'love' can be a good conversation stopper. Part of the reason, I think, is that our popular understandings of 'love' are quite limiting.