Be Careful Not to Focus on Yourself • Fri.12.26.25

Love grows when we choose others before ourselves.

Love grows when we step out of ourselves and take the first step toward others. Serving freely—even when it costs something—opens the heart to God’s presence. In this way, Jesus leads us into a deeper peace, a clearer light, and a joy that lasts.

Based on the Word of Life (May 1991) by Chiara Lubich

✝️ Prayer to Love Beyond Self

Lord, You came to serve. Forgive us when we turn inward and forget our neighbour. Thank You for inviting us to love first. Help us choose selfless love that brings us closer to You. Amen.

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To love is to give and to be loved. Looking at our neighbor with love reflects the very life of the Trinity.

Look at One’s Neighbor

Look outside of yourself, not in yourself, not at things, not at creatures. Look at God outside of yourself so as to unite yourself to Him. (…) Therefore, look at each neighbor with love—and to love is to give. But a gift calls for a gift and you will be loved in return. Thus loving means to love and to be loved—it is the life of the Trinity.

Chiara Lubich
Word of Life • November 1949

𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙾𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 • 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗆.𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼.𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗀