live in love

“So be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.” (EPH 5: 1-2)

We were created to “be imitators of God, as beloved children”; this is who we are. The only way to follow our identity is to “live in love, as Christ loved us.” Our Lord’s love for us was expressed in a gift of self, as a “sacrificial offering to God”; when we are givers of selves we are His followers. We “live in love. “

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord; whoever eats this bread will live forever.” (Gospel Acclamation)