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 man can  bring  to  God  is  the  offering  of  his  love. It is her  love  which  makes  the  widow's  mite  more  precious in  the  sight  of  God  than  all  the  rich  man's wealth,  and  when  the  spiritually  poor,  the  fallen, throw themselves  at  Jesus's  feet,  it  is  their  love  that covers the  multitude  of  their  sins,  for  much  is  forgiven to  those  only  who  love  much. In a  word,  that charity is  a  precept  infinitely  important,  a  virtue  infinitely precious,  was  declared  when  Christ  pronounced its  future  reward:  "Eye  hath  not  seen,  nor ear  heard,  nor  hath  it  entered  into  the  heart  of  man to  conceive,  what  things  God  hath  prepared  for  those who  love  Him."

Brethren, not  only  in  the  Gospel  incident  of  today, but  throughout  His  entire  earthly  career,  Christ taught by  word  and  deed  the  law  of  love. His very presence was  an  exhortation  to  love,  for,  says  St. Paul  (Tit.  ii.),  in  Christ  "  the  love  of  God  our  Saviour appeared  to  all  men,  instructing  us  that,  denying ungodliness  and  worldly  desires,  we  should  live soberly  and  justly  and  godly  in  this  world." His love for  men,  which  from  the  beginning  God  had  felt and repeatedly  asserted,  was  palpably  shown  and proven when  He  sent  into  the  world  His  only-begotten Son. The proof  of  love  is  the  gift  that  love  entails. Human love  is  but  an  empty  sentiment  expressed in words  or  manifested  in  some  trifling  trinket, powerless to  beautify  its  object. But so  efficient is the  love  of  God  that  what  He  loves  He  also  clothes with loveliness. Thus human  nature  in  the  person of Christ  was  glorified,  and  every  incident  of  His  life