Gospel Note
This exhortation to love grounds human love in God's prior sacrificial love for humanity in Christ. Such human love is not only a response to and reflection of God's love, it indeed embodies (incarnates?) God's love in such a way as to make the invisible One visible, for "God is love."
Liturgical Color
White
Suggested Hymns
Jesus Lives! The Victory'…
CSS Publishing Company, CONTEMPORARY LECTIONARY PRAYERS, by Dennis Koch