February 14, 2023

“So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” (1 John 4:16)

Love is not God, but God is love. We know that wherever there is cruciform love, there is God. Even one person laying down his or her own rights and agenda, forgiving another, acting outside of obvious self-interest, desiring the good of another with no strings attached – is miraculous.

And not just miraculous, but proof of God’s existence.

“O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing; Send your Holy Spirit and pour into ourhearts your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounteddead before you. Grant this for the sake of your only Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Seventh Sunday After the Epiphany – BCP)