The interplay between faith and actions is well described in the Letter from James (James 2:14 - 24) as well as in Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor 13:1 - 13). Both writers emphasize that the proclamation of faith is meaningless unless it is accompanied by loving action. Our loving action is the ongoing manifestation of a living-out of our conversion or "Yes" to God. Indeed, the growth in our faith is recursively linked to the quality of our love - the more our faith grows, the greater the quality of our love; the ever-increasing quality of our love, the ever-deepening growth in our faith.

The changing quality of our love, though most readily understood as extending towards others, needs to be experienced towards ourselves too.