What are the signs of love?

Reflection

Love is often bigger than we’re able to express.  Love wells up in our hearts and bodies and we don’t know how to adequately express it.  We struggle with symbols to touch the love which is so overwhelming.  And the symbols seem so weak:  words like, “I love you”. Things like a flower or a ring.  Or perhaps we just sigh or tenderly look at the one we love.

Is it wrong to say that God is frustrated in his way of expressing love for us?  He gives us a star, a mountain and a cool breeze.

In the Catholic Church we use symbols, sacraments, to express God’s love for us: water, oil, and a candle.  May we reawaken God’s love for us and see his signs.

Scripture

Luke
Chapter: 11

A Sign from God
(Matthew 12.38-42; Mark 8.12)

 
²⁹As crowds were gathering around Jesus, he said:

You people of today are evil! You keep looking for a sign from God. But what happened to Jonah^c is the only sign you will be given.  ³⁰Just as Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign to the people of today.   ³¹When the judgment comes, the Queen of the South^d will stand there with you and condemn you. She traveled a long way to hear Solomon's wisdom, and yet here is something far greater than Solomon.  ³²The people of Nineveh will also stand there with you and condemn you. They turned to God when Jonah preached, and yet here is something far greater than Jonah.

Prayer

Lord, thank you for your love for me.  Forgive me for not seeing the signs of your love in your creation.  Thank you also for expressing your love in the people you bring into my life.  Open my eyes, ears and heart to find your continual love. Amen