Remembering your work of faith, and hardship, and charity, and enduring hope, in our Lord Jesus Christ, before God our Father. (1The 1:3)
μνημονεύοντες ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης καὶ τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς ἡμῶν.
Memores operis fidei vestræ, et laboris, et charitatis, et sustinentiæ spei Domini nostri Iesu Christi, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum.
The selected word includes work, effort, hardship, struggle. What does it mean that love is hard, what is hard about love? Since it is the form of all virtues, everyone will find their struggle, their difficulty, so that it can be the base of everyday life in faith and hope. Some people find it easier to be kind, while others find it difficult to be patient. One does not seek his own, and another struggles not to remember the wrong. The hardship of love ultimately leads to the glory of God. What I struggle with today, tomorrow I will be with it more mature before God, our Father.
