If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
(1 Corinthians 13.3
NRSV)
"Do not imagine," says Mother Teresa, "that love to be true must be extraordinary... See how a lamp burns, by the continual consumption of the little drops of oil. If there are no more of these drops in the lamp, there will be no light, and the Bridegroom has a right to say: I do not know you.'
"My children, what are these drops of oil in our lamps? They are the little things of everyday life: fidelity, punctuality, little words of kindness, just a little thought for others, those little acts of silence, of look and thought, of word and deed. These are the very drops of love that make our religious life burn with so much light.
"Do not search for Jesus in far off lands," she concludes, "He is not there. He is in you. Just keep the lamp burning and you will always see Him."
Lord Jesus, remind me to do the little things that will touch lives with love. Amen.