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>>>Where there is dearness and love, God is there.
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>>As far as I know, Steve, you're OTN (On the nose) with that. I think that the loose translation that I know of is pretty close: Where there is love, God is also. Or even simpler: God is love. I think your's is probably the most accurate.
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>My third grade son is starting to learn latin at school. I would like to learn a little myself...

It can be helpful. Even though I sung in Latin many times (I'm a choral singer - Bass), I don't know it that well. The line is from an anthem that I've sung. The closest to Latin I can get is French which je parle un peu du.