It lies behind and within all reality. It is the source of all intelligibility, existence and goodness. In faith we learn to see and judge all experience, relationships, and events through the eyes of transcendent love. Faith gives us an eye for Mystery. It frees us from inattentiveness, oversights, and prejudice to discern and welcome God in nature and history.
Charity is love moving outward, a movement of appreciation and benevolence.
As appreciation, charity lingers in gratitude for the beauty and goodness of another person, of family and community, of creatures and nature. We have miles to go before we sleep, and charity has work to do, promises and obligations to keep. We want even more beauty and goodness for those we love. Hope is the third colour which transcendent love refracts. Hope desires what is absolutely good.