On Our Commandment To Love

Yesterday I talked about Jesus’ single piece of work he left us–to love as he has love.

This thought from Thomas Merton popped up the other day:

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy if anything can.

Yes, it’s not all about me.

Further, love without qualification. There is no “yes, but…”

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