Often Paul's ode to love in Corinthians becomes something sentimental and soft, but the martyrs today remind us that love is anything but soft. Love is the driving and motivating force of our Christian witness. Without love all our actions, no matter how great, are wooden and they will ring hollow to those who witness them. Love alone is credible.

Today is the Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs

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