Love Is the Key
Jesus asks us to love as God loves—
without counting the cost
or holding anything back.
Love gives all away.
Love frees us to act for the good of another
rather than for ourselves.
God’s love is unbiased and all-embracing.
It does not ask who we are
or how successful we are at what we do.
Being an instrument of peace requires us
to embrace the enemy in pardon.
To give freely what we have freely received -
namely, God’s love -
is the purest form of evangelization.
Following the example of Christ
will lead us to go poor among the poor,
without power, without purse, without provisions,
with charity and respect for those we encounter.
We must seek peace above all else
and then do good at every opportunity.
If our efforts at sharing God’s love
are warmly received, fine;
if not, we should move on.
Our lives are our sermons,
and our preaching should be benign and gentle,
spoken with meekness and humility
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