The body is the means through which God imparts His perfect love,
For it is the body that suffers. And it is through suffering well
That Godlike love develops.
Without the body,
We could not learn to love those
Who hate us, who hurt us, who despitefully use us, and persecute us.
None of these painful things can happen to us
While we are with Him in spirit,
Only in the body.
So cherish the body. It is the gift through which
God desires to impart his perfect love.
