Love is love in action
1 Jn 3: 11-21; Mk 6: 34-44
God is love, not only because we believe so, but because we have seen that love in action. In fact God's love, true Love, is love in action. That is what John explains in the first reading. Because of that Love, God goes to the extent of sending God's own son into our sinful existence...the folly of God's love! Jesus in the Gospel today, is no exception. He decides to feed the multitude, because they were in need. It looked too silly to be practical for the apostles. But Jesus does it, because he had compassion on those people. Be merciful as your heavenly Father!
Today I cannot stop with talking and expressing my views on behalf of the people on whose side I have to stand and whose life I have to enhance. I cannot content myself with telling people in words that I love them...I have to love in action, my love has to be seen in what I do, the choices I make, the options that I take seriously and the principles I stand by. Those who love are born of God, for God is love!