Faith without love towards your neighbour is like the earth that absorbs the rain of the heaven but holds it in without allowing it to come outside as a spring. Faith without love is like a burning log that does not produce heat. Is your love also like this?

The faith which does not overflow with love is a clogged and broken channel. Faith without love towards your neighbour is like the earth that absorbs the rain of the heaven but holds it inside without allowing it to come outside as a spring. Faith without love is like a burning log that does not produce heat. Is your love also like this? Does the channel of your life need to be unclogged in order to allow love to flow?

God’s Kingdom will come on earth only to the extent that the Christian love will fill our hearts. Because Christ also said “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35).

(Translation from: Preot Iosif Trifa, Mai lângă Domnul meu, Editura Oastea Domnului, Sibiu, 2003, p. 79)