Saint Augustine, a bishop in Northern Africa in the fourth century gave this answer to the question: What 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.”
St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) as recounted by William C. Graham in 100 Days Closer to Christ (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2014) 92.
Yesterday’s meditation got me thinking about what generous love looks like, and so did a great trip to the Philippines where God’s servants were so loving and kind. I intend to explore that in the minds of the saints through the centuries in the coming days. For Augustine, it is clear: generous love looks like the way Jesus ministered to the poor and needy.
Do people know what love looks like by watching you and me?