162. – Then when Paul says, and above all these put on love, he urges them to practice the principal virtues, which perfect the others. Among the virtues, the love of charity holds first place; while among the gifts, wisdom is first. For love is the soul of all the virtues, while wisdom directs them. First, he leads them to the practice of love, and secondly to wisdom (v. 16). First, he urges them to possess the love of charity; secondly, to possess the effects of this love (v. 15).
163. – So Paul says, above all these put on love, which is greater than all the virtues mentioned above, as we find stated in 1 Corinthians (13:13). Above all these, that is, more than all the others, because love is the end of all the virtues: “The end of the commandment is love” (1 Tim 1:5). Or we could say, above all these we should have love, because it is above all the rest: “I will show you a still more excellent way” (1 Cor 12:31). Love is above all the rest because without it the others are of no value. This love is the seamless tunic mentioned by John (19:23). The reason we need this love is because it binds everything together in perfect harmony. According to the Gloss, all the virtues perfect man, but love unites them to each other and makes them permanent; and this is why it is said to bind. Or, it is said to bind because it binds of its very nature, for love unites the beloved to the lover: “I led them with cords of compassion, with the bands of love” (Hos 11:4). He says, perfect, because a thing is perfect when it holds firmly to its ultimate end; and love does this.
164. – Then (v. 15), he urges them to acts of love. He mentions two of these acts, peace and thankfulness, and implies a third, joy. He says, let the peace of Christ [rejoice] in your hearts. An immediate effect of the love of charity is peace, which is, as Augustine comments, that composure or calmness of order produced in a person by God. Love does this, because when one loves another he harmonizes his will with the other: “Great peace have those who love thy law” (Ps 119:165). He says rejoice, because the effect of this love is joy, and this joy follows peace: “Joy follows those who take counsels of peace” (Prov 12:20). Paul does not merely say “peace,” because there is a peace of this world which God did not come to bring. He says, the peace of Christ, the peace Christ established between God and man. Jesus affirmed this peace: “Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them: Peace to you” (Lk 24:36). And you should have this peace, because it is the peace ... to which indeed you were called. “God has called us to peace” (1 Cor 7:15). He adds, in the one body, that is, that you may be in one body. Another effect is thankfulness, and so Paul continues, and be thankful: “The hope of the unthankful will melt away like the winter’s ice” (Wis 16:29).
If it be the will of Jesus that His One True Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church must needs endure a chastisement, we ought accept His will with a humble heart and a joyful and peaceful soul for no one, no matter what his station, can separate one of us from the love of Christ and His Church and the peace and joy one experiences in keeping His Commandments and enduring His chastisements for He knows, far better than do we, what His Church requires during each epoch of its existence on earth.
Now, that does not mean one is absolved of his duty to do what he can to combat errors and to tell others about certain points of Faith, Theology, etc but if one can't actualise the peace of Christ with patience and joy, then there is a lack of love in that man and an absence of the Peace of Christ in that man and he must ask Jesus and He will not fail to respond.
This habit has borne great fruit for ABS.
After he receives Holy Communion, ABS thanks Jesus for humbling Himself to come into the heart and soul of ABS and he asks Jesus (God from God, Light from Light) to burn away all darkness and shadows of sin in his heart and his soul and then ABS asks Jesus to complete His work (Sanctification) in ABS so that ABS can become the ABS Jesus has always desired he be rather than the ABS has always chosen to be.
So, even in this epic epoch of epicene ecclesiastical ecumenism, ABS has the Peace of Christ which allows him to weather all manner of sturm und drang because Jesus is at his side and He is in total control of His Church.