Understanding Love

This morning at the soup kitchen prayer session, we focused on Matthew’s comment about loving not just those who love you but loving your enemies and those who harm you.  One very simple woman spoke up and said: “You can’t do it on your own.  You have to have God’s help, or you just can’t do it.”  Another man who is mentally ill said, “In the Old Testament it says that if you love your enemy, it is like heaping burning coals on his head.  The true test of your character is not how you love your friends, but how you love people who are your enemies.”  A woman troubled with mental illness and a host of other obstacles in her life said you have to love yourself before you can love another person.  We had a small crowd today, but the quality was exceptional and the message strong and clear! - Br. Bob