Compelled by love
From today’s Scripture: The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers—1 Jn 3:16
St. Thomas defines love as the “choice to will the good of the other.” Christ made this choice, and we are called to make it every day. We receive God’s self-giving in the bread. This outpouring is the holy sacrifice which brings us to the cross and to the resurrected Lord. Love is a word used now to mean both “everything” and “nothing at all.” When we look to Christ, however, we find love. We are compelled by love to enter into this self-emptying for others as our way of life. It is who we are in Christ.
Let us pray: Father, open my eyes to see love through Christ. With this image, empower my imagination to live and to act in Christ, in love.
Today’s author is Nathan Smith, Director of Catholic-Evangelical Relations for Glenmary and Field Representative for the U.S. Catholic bishops. This week’s reflections are also in Spanish, available by email.
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