Because God is love, and because human beings are made in God’s image, love is who we are. Love is not, first and foremost, something that we do. More basically, it is who we are. It is in loving (or not loving) that we are (or are not) human. It is in heeding the call of love—in making life-affirming connections—that we become human. . . . Loving is not merely one thing among others that we are called to do—an extraordinary achievement, a heroic gesture that completes ordinary acts and raises them to a higher level. Love is not an additive, a spiritual supplement reserved for saints. . . .
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