Jesus said to his disciples: "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you."
Luke 6:36-38
Our natural care for ourselves . . . is but a dim reflection of the love Jesus wants us to have for other people. He wants us to reflect HIS own love and generosity . . . (W)henever you feel hurt or rejected, he calls you to forgive in an overabundant way . . . (B)ring your hurt, indignation, or humiliation to Jesus. Ask (H)im for the grace to forgive the other person and imagine pouring your forgiveness lavishly on them, exactly the way you want to receive mercy from God.
from "A Good Measure, Packed Together, Shaken Down, and Overflowing"
The Word Among Us: Lent 2021 (p. 34)
Kobong is a concept which has no one-word equivalent in other languages... It means heaping the measuring cup till it overflows, and even then some.... To provide some idea of how high it is heaped, a dishonest measure in Korea is one where the grain is heaped to overflowing only twice, not three or four times. If it is not absolutely spilling over, that is being pretty stingy.
O-Young Lee
Things Korean (p. 14)
The little soul, realizing that it has been created by the heavenly Father solely to love Him and to be loved by Him, knows that all the circumstances of life in which it finds itself placed are therefore the setting ordained by the heavenly Father whereby the little soul is to express its love….Everything is an instrument to express our love; every humiliation taken patiently, every difficulty faced calmly, every sorrow borne courageously, every disappointment met bravely, every weary detail taken cheerily, every little duty in the home or business done to the best of our ability, all of these are offerings, little flowers by which to express love to our heavenly Father.
-Monsignor Vernon Johnson
The Message of St. Therese of Lisieux
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