Tuesday after Epiphany, II

True love

Mark 6:34-44

In the Philippines, a recent hit of the couple "Aldub" composed of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza Tandem confirmed that Filipino are truly love-oriented people.  But how many of us actually know what real love is?

The first reading tells of the mystery of love, "God is love."  Moreover, real love is not our love for God but God's love for us through his Son.

The Gospel qualifies more what true love means.  It is Lover practicing mercy upon the Beloved.  Jesus is the epitome of love itself.  He was so filled with mercy for the large crowd that not only did he teach them, he actually commanded his disciples to feed them as a fruit of that love.

Love, to be authentic, should always be on the giving end.  The rest of the action words "take", "raise", "bless", "break", "give back", "share" are all manifestations of a love as pure as Jesus.

Let us live out this love anywhere, anyhow, and with any person.

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