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Charity
Love. That is what God expects of every Christian, because in Christianity love is everything.Saint Augustine, who taught about love, said veryemphatically: “Christians are identified by love alone....
“Though they may all make the sign of the cross [a religious act], say ‘Amen’ and sing the ‘Alleluia’
[celebrating the liturgy, which is very important, but do nothing more ... ], get baptized, go to church and construct basilicas, the fact remains that love alone identifies the
children of God.…
“Those who have charity are born of God and those who lack it are not born of God. That is the distinguishing
factor.
“If you had everything else but were lacking this one thing, it would all count for nothing. If you have nothing
else but this, you have fulfilled the law.…”
from "The Art of Loving"
New City Press, page 23
Note: This book is available at New City Press and Catholic Book Center Inc.
