February 9, 2006

Meditation:
Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat
him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a
priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed
by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to
the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a
Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he
saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his
wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own
animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the
next day he took out two denarii[a] and gave them to the
innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you
spend, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these
three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who
fell among the robbers?" He said, "The one who showed him
mercy." And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise."
-- Luke 10:30-37 (ESV)

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Quotation:
To the Christian, love is the works of love. To say that
love is a feeling or anything of the kind is really an
un-Christian conception of love. That is the aesthetic
definition and therefore fits the erotic and everything of
that nature. But to the Christian, love is the works of love.
Christ's love was not an inner feeling, a full heart and
what-not: it was the work of love which was his life.
... Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Journals