Roots of Love Required

Good deeds . . . . . must have, at their root, love.

If, in accomplishing a good deed, we do not have as our goal God’s glory and the real well being of our brothers and sisters, looking rather for a return of personal interest or simply of applause, we place ourselves outside of the Gospel vision.

That's from Papa Benedict XVI in his Lenten Message 2008

H/T: One Bread One Body, which thanks, Against the Grain
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