{"id":31033,"date":"2018-10-09T09:38:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T09:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=31033"},"modified":"2018-10-09T09:38:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T09:38:14","slug":"what-does-love-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/10\/09\/what-does-love-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT DOES LOVE LOOK LIKE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>WHAT DOES LOVE LOOK LIKE?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last week, we hosted the screening of the film \u201cAugustine, Son of Her Tears\u201d, the first of its kind in Malta and Gozo. The Filmmaker who was present at the event told us that the film featured 50 strong sayings of St. Augustine taken from his book, \u201cThe Confessions\u201d. Among many other touching scenes, the highlight for me was the saying \u201cWhat does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">St. Augustine gives us a clear answer as to what it means to love God by loving our neighbour; which is our primary call and identity as Christians. Jesus said, \u201cby this, all men will know that you are my disciples if you have a love for one another\u201d (John 13:35)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In his message to young people on the\u00a0 Solemnity of the Assumption of our Lady in 2015, Pope Francis quotes a passage from the First Letter of John: \u201cLet us love one another because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God. . . . If God so loved us, we also must love one another\u201d (4:7, 11) and then calls God\u2019s love, \u201cThe merciful embrace of the Father\u201d which has the power to change our lives. It has the power to draw us into \u201cthe divine \u2018logic\u2019 of gift and gracious love\u201d and makes us \u201ccapable of loving like him, without measure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The church is God&#8217;s family in the world. In this family, no one ought to go without the necessities of life. The teaching of Letter to the Galatians is emphatic: \u201cSo then, as we have the opportunity, let us do good to all, and especially to those who are of the household of faith\u201d (6:10) (Deus Caritas est 25).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In this way, ACN strives to be a bridge of love between the benefactors and beneficiaries, thereby uniting them in selfless love to a community of the Church, the mystical body of Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many of the greatest saints, including Francis of Assisi, Th\u00e9r\u00e8se of Lisieux, and Dorothy Day, Mother Teresa found God\u2019s love as they opened their hearts to the people around them, especially the poor and forgotten. The prayer of Saint Maria Faustina is a great inspiration for us:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cHelp me, O Lord,\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026that my eyes may be merciful so that I will never be suspicious or judge by appearances, but always look for what is beautiful in my neighbours\u2019 souls and be of help to them;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026 that my ears may be merciful, so that I will be attentive to my neighbours\u2019 needs, and not indifferent to their pains and complaints;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026 that my hands may be merciful and full of good deeds;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026 that my feet may be merciful, so that I will hasten to help my neighbour, despite my own fatigue and weariness;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026 that my heart may be merciful so that I myself will share in all the sufferings of my neighbour\u201d\u00a0(Diary, 163).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Grace Attu<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Communications Officer<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:communications@acnmalta.org\">communications@acnmalta.org<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT DOES LOVE LOOK LIKE? 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