If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:3
“Just as a table without bread is a needy one, so absence of charity is ruin to the soul, for the soul walks by love, and the man who does not love abides in death.”
The Monk of Farne in Celtic Daily Prayer (New York: Harper Collins, 2002) 366.
Today we get a short and sweet post from the unnamed Monk of Farne. Researchers believe his name was John Whiterig and that he occupied the Lindisfarne hermitage from 1363-1371.
We may not ordinarily think of the opposite of gracious love as death, but without charity our generosity is worthless. God help us abide in love so that our lives are tables filled with an abundance of the bread of life.