St. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote: "The measure of love is to love without measure," He must have come up with that thought from today's gospel passage, Mk 4: 21-25, where Jesus speaks about "the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you and still more will be given to you." (Mk 4:24). The greatest gift which we have been given is the love of God who IS love. That gift comes to us in his Son, Jesus, and the grace flowing from him through the Holy Spirit. Jesus wants to flood us with his love, an immeasurable love, as he and St. Bernard state, and he wants us to open our floodgates and let that love flood the lives and hearts of all. We cannot be stingy with the love that comes so freely and abundantly to us; we are to give it as lavishly as we receive it. Our role in the Body of Christ is truly TO LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE. May the love of Christ, compel us so that we can say with St. Paul, "Caritas Christi urget nos." (The love of Christ impels us. 2:Cor 14 )
Br. Rene
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