Love is a deliberate decision in favour of another person, persevering even if our heart is not really in it. It is futile to love a street kid in the comfort of my room! What he needs, is not to look into my teary ,meek eyes but , that there be bread on his table, a roof over his head, food on his plate, a pencil in his hand , a blanket on his bed, that he gets a good word , a hug.

To do a truly good deed is very difficult for someone "who drives you up the wall ", who continuously crosses you , who is hostile. It is difficult for us, but for Jesus-who loves him as well, who says “what you do for him, you do it for Me”- then we can do good from our heart. This is why we are not calculating , insincere if we do good even if our heart , our fallible human nature would take us in an other direction.

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.