January 10th.   Fr James thought to himself, “There is Sunday love and Monday love. Just look at all those people there in the church, singing and dancing and getting quite carried away.  They say they love God and sing about how much they love God.   Then on Monday in their workplaces and schools they fight each other even over small things.  At home they don’t pay attention or talk nicely to each other and there is so much conflict, especially of course when there is alcohol involved. Aren’t we all just being hypocrites?  What kind of love is that if is is without real interest in and concern for the other person?        Reflect, share. Scripture: ”If anyone says ‘I love God’ and hates his brother he is a liar, for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. Every one who loves the parent loves the one begotten by him.   1 John 4:19.  Pope Francis: Entering into the heart of Christ, we feel loved by a human heart filled with affections and emotions like our own. Jesus’ human will freely chose to love us, and that spiritual love is flooded with grace and charity. When we plunge into the depths of his heart, we find ourselves overwhelmed by the immense glory of his infinite love as the eternal Son, which we can no longer separate from his human love. It is precisely in his human love, and not apart from it, that we encounter his divine love: we discover “the infinite in the finite”. DN 67 LS14   Pray for openness to one’s calling to love deeply within our intimate relationships. Choose appropriate action.