Walk in Love

Ephesians 5:8-14

This is what love looks like ----

The past week’s news brings memories of the tumultuous sixties with civil anarchy and assassins claiming the lives of prominent leaders in our country.

Due to rioting in South Bend and Chicago, my husband was called at 1:00 AM to report immediately for National Guard duty.

It is not “fake news,” conflict between individuals, races, religions and nations continues to rage

Hal David’s 1965 lyrics remain timely. “What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of.” But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

To walk in love is to model what Paul wrote to the Ephesians. “Be therefore imitators of God.” It is God’s nature to love - “God is love”!” 1 John 4:8  He is creator, provider, sustainer, healer, comforter-AND He so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16

Jesus held nothing back! He demonstrated love without limits as God’s representative of everlasting love. “A new command I give to you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so must you love one another. John 13:34

Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses. If he is your Christian neighbor he is holy in almost the same way, for in him also Christ the Glorifier is truly hidden.

(The Weight of Glory, C.S. Lewis)

“Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light!” Ephesians 5: 8 and 14