"You see that the love [the Apostle] John speaks of is not the love of soap operas! No, it is something else. Christian love has a particular quality: concreteness. Christian love is concrete. Jesus Himself, when He speaks of love, speaks to us about concrete things: feeding the hungry, visiting the sick, and many concrete things. Love is concrete… .
"And when this concreteness is not there, you can live a Christianity of illusions, because you don’t understand where the centre of Jesus’ message is. This love does not arrive at concrete being: it is a love of illusions, like the illusions the disciples had when, looking at Jesus, they thought He was a ghost."
Pope Francis, from today’s homily (via qcq)
THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE. Your nice thoughts aren’t saving you any more than they are saving starving children. DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIFE. If you believe in God and Jesus’ ministry, then ACT LIKE IT. Jesus fed the hungry and healed the sick. Stop getting mad at gay people for being gay and act like your religion is more than a reason for your moral superiority.
(via seekinguncertainty)
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