Love

Family silhouette of a father playing with his two children on the beach at sunset by swinging them around with his arms with the quote: "To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name.”—Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
Love is My Name
Closeup of a clenched fist, representing an angry person (rage, wrath, impatience, frustration) with the quote: Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.—Ephesians 4:31-32 (RSVCE)
Be Kind
The Milky Way over the Spiral Jetty at Great Salt Lake in Utah with a silhouette of a person stargazing. with the quote: "Can he who loves infinitely love any more? If nothing else existed in the world except God and you, O soul who reads these lines, he would not love you more than he does right now."—Luis María Martínez, When God is Silent: Finding Spiritual Peace Amid the Storms of Life
He Who Loves Infinitely
A mother cradles her crying son to comfort him with the quote: For thus says the Lord: carried in her arms, cradled upon her knees, as a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you.—cf. Isaiah 66:12-13 (NABRE)
As a Mother Comforts Her Son
Photo of the east face of the Matterhorn at sunrise, near Zermatt, Switzerland with the quote: God of all the living, you sent your Only Begotten Son to enlighten the world with the warmth of your love. Enkindle in our winter-bound hearts the fire of charity, that we may burn always with zeal for you, through Christ our Lord. Amen.—Magnificat, Monday, January 7, 2019
Winter-bound Hearts
Photo of a person standing in front of an avalanche with the quote: Don’t think that every gift of grace, every act of kindness, isn’t a quake in a heart that moves another heart to give, that moves another heart to give, that grows into an avalanche of grace.—Ann Voskamp, The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life
An Avalanche of Grace
Photo of a worn, damaged stone wall of a home with a brightly colored door with the quote: "The realities of God—truth, justice, love—are small and downtrodden realities in this world. Yet they persist when what is noisy and throws its weight around has long since decayed and been forgotten."—Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), Ministers of Your Joy
The Realities of God Persist
Artwork of Jesus in a glass/crystal prism with the quote: "Suffering is a great grace; through suffering the soul becomes like the Savior; in suffering love becomes crystallized; the greater the suffering, the purer the love."—Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
In Suffering Love Becomes Crystallized
Photo of a flame from a small campfire against a black and white background with the quote: If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.—Romans 12:20-21 (RSVCE)
Burning Coals: Overcome Evil with Good
If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink.
Photo of a statue of Saint Anne, the grandmother of Jesus, with Mary as a child, from the Church of Saint Anne in Jerusalem with a quote from Saint Therese of Lisieux.
The Loveliest Masterpiece