Taking Action

"Bear witness to God with our life." There's that old saying, "Actions speak louder than words." Also, James 1:22 tells us to "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." I remember singing a hymn many, many times in Catholic school: "They will know we are Christians by our love." Our love and our faith have to be put into action, or they are empty. What kinds of actions? Helping the poor and needy, and all the acts of mercy; bearing with one another and bearing one another's burdens. It isn't easy and we'll fail at times, but if we keep starting again, we can experience the joy that characterized the lives of the saints.