Love Is the Key To Our Lives
Friends,
What does love look like? St. Augustine said that love has the hands to help other. Love has feet to hasten to the poor and needy. Love has eyes to see misery and want. And love has ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of others.
I like that quotation, and it made me think about love in my life. It is so easy to say: “I love you.” However, love is demanding, and you have to pay a price for love. St. Paul reminds us about the demands of love. “Love is kind and patient; never jealous, boastful, proud or rude. Love isn’t selfish or quick tempered. It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs that other do. Love rejoices in the truth but not in evil. Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful and trusting. Love never fails.” (1 Cor. 13)
Love is the key to all of the teachings of Jesus. He summed up all of the hundreds laws of the Bible into two precepts. “You shall love the Lord your God with all you heart, with all your mind and with all your being, and you shall love your neighbor as you love yourself.”
Love is what makes the world go round. Love is the glue that keeps us together here at St. John’s. Love pushes us to be a positive force in our neighborhood, in our church and in our world. Lent is a perfect time to ask ourselves: “How can I improve my love-life?”
Peace,
Fr. John Maxwell
