“Love never fails.” Paul is adamant about this. Love is the lodestar of his message to the Corinthians – and to us – till the end of time and beyond.

Look at what Paul says - not just the part about being patient and kind, but the whole approach to Love. It is what gives meaning to prophecy and to works of charity and self-sacrifice. Our faith may be enough to move mountains but, without Love, it is nothing. When everything else ceases, love will still endure.

Jesus gives us a simple definition of Love: “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” Love is the surrender of all we hold dear and all we have, the surrender of our very selves. Today’s Gospel has Jesus telling us about the contrariness of the people and their inability to recognise the presence of goodness and of God when they see it and experience it!! The children of Wisdom always recognise her work, and when we see with the eyes of love, we are wise.

Will you accept the invitation to live and be guided by Love?