Gentle, loving actions

“Everywhere you go, preach the gospel.
Only if absolute necessary, use words.”
Saint Francis of Assisi

“Ask God to give thee skill
In comfort’s art:
That thou may’st consecrated be
And set apart
Unto a life of sympathy.
For heavy is the weight of ill
In every heart;
And comforters are needed much
Of Christlike touch.”
— Anna E. Hamilton

By our gentle, loving actions /
We would show that Christ is light. /
With a humble, listening spirit /
We would live to God’s delight.”
Ruth Duck (from her hymn “As a fire is meant for burning”,
​set to music as hymn 439 in the Christian Science Hymnal)