The 20th-century English Dominican Herbert McCabe has argued that '[f]or the gospel, our [i.e., God's and humanity's] fundamental relationship is that of lovers, of lovers in equality. We have this equality to the Father because we are given a share in the life of Christ' (God Still Matters, 8). McCabe's analysis of love as fundamentally a relation grounded in equality serves as a Leitmotif through his Christological doctrine, his Marxist-leaning views on economic and political organisation, and his understanding of his calling as a Dominican to live in religious community. This paper traces the role of love—in particular, the demand that it is a relationship between equals—between these three areas in McCabe's thinking, ultimately suggesting positive takeaways that serve as fruitful for future reflection, as well as challenges for McCabe's account.