The Four Loves - IV. Agape (SATB)

The fourth and final movement of a choral cycle, the name Agape is taken from C.S. Lewis’s 1960 book, The Four Loves. Agape is a love not of human pursuit, but one that God gave freely. It is the most one-sided of the loves, where God who needs nothing, “loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that He may love and perfect them” (Lewis, 1960, p. 176). The passage in John 15 serves as a reminder of God’s unconditional love for humanity, and the overflowing joy that comes with that love.

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