In this time when love is being celebrated all around us, I came across this passage in Saint M. Faustina Kowalski's Diary:
Pure love is capable of great deeds, and it is not broken by difficulty or adversity. As it remains strong in the midst of great difficulties, so too it perseveres in the toilsome and drab life of each day. It knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love - love, and always love.
Love in the real world is messy. Love means service, and compromise, and cleaning up the poop (both figuritively and literally!) But in that service, we also serve God. Love brings out the best in us. It is one of God's greatest gifts and we are so right to celebrate it!
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