Love

Instead, love your enemies and do good, and lend without any hope of return. You will have a great reward, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
Lk.6:35

Why love my enemies? For God the Most High has been kind to ungrateful, wicked me.

The unbelieving world knows this verse well. It sighs and thinks, "If only they would."

This great call of Jesus will simply not go away. It stands before me not to accuse but to encourage. I can always love more... always. 

And what does this love look like? Mother Church is leading us towards the great definition of love as we read 1 Corinthians.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." (1Cor.13:4-7)

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.