Days are filled with action. Prayers to say, work to do, errands to run, chores to be done. In what manner do I perform these actions? Can I truly say that I do everything as a Christian would? What really is the motivation behind everything I do? I spend my days in pursuit of happiness and beauty. What animates this desire for good? It could very well be selfishness, arrogance, or self-aggrandizement at any moment. But no. Let my motive no longer be sinful. Let it be charity! Without love, one cannot attempt to serve God and please Him. Let me cultivate a love for God and neighbor that is both the ultimate inspiration of my actions and the purpose of my life.
Maneant in vobis fides, spes, et caritas; maior autem horum est caritas. 1 Cor 13:13
"Ah, Lord Jesus go not from me! Stay, ah, stay with me my Lord!
Make me shrink from whatsoever will not with Thy name accord.
Act through me in every action, speak through me in every word."
~ Eia, Jesu adorande by John Maubern, 1494
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