Now charity here doesn't mean that we go out and hand a dollar to the first person that looks like he needs one. That isn't the charity that we are talking about. What we are talking about is the dynamic between man and God. It is that life that you and I would embrace and grow in during the Lenten season. I will use a different translation of First Corinthians than we just heard.
Love is kind.
Love is not jealous. It does not put on airs. It is not snobbish. It is not rude. It is not self-seeking.