Just a small thought from Bernard Bro on Jesus and the power of love. Bro writes: Jesus loves as a pure gift, for the sake of nothing...He makes others better by loving them. Not only does he not accuse their mediocrity, although it is his full right to do so--he takes up their defense and gives his heart, his time, his trust.
I like to think of the lives I might change if I love thus. For love is like fuel that energizes those despondent, bruised, or wounded. And who of us cannot use a little more love?
Bro goes on to say: He [Jesus] calls forth, arouses, renews the best part in us, the part that is good and filled with hope and is always hidden in each and every person...and everyone who meets him once again begins to believe, to have trust in God and in themselves.
That in itself is an incentive to be charitable. To bring back faith in trust in someone's heart.
"I desire mercy, not sacrifice," we read in Hosea 6:6. Lent is a good time to remember our charity. Lent is a wonderful season to love.
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