When considering all the post-resurrection actions of Christ, we naturally tend to focus on what we may call “major events” such as granting the Apostles the authority to forgive sins (Jn 20:23), celebrating the Eucharist with the disciples who were on the road to Emmaus (Lk 24:30), or commissioning the Church to preach the gospel to all nations (Mt 28:19).
At the end of the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius of Loyola asks the retreatant to enter in to the Contemplation to Attain Love. Ignatius gives two pre-notes about love to help the retreatant to understand the height and breadth and depth of God’s love, so that he or she might respond in full-hearted love. The first is: “Love ought to manifest itself more by deeds than by words.” Talk is cheap. It is the living out of love that matters. The second is: “Love consists in a mutual communication between two persons. That is, the one who loves gives and communicates to the beloved what he or she has, or a part of what he or she has or can have; and the beloved in return does the same to the lover. …Each shares with the other.” (Spiritual Exercises, 230-231. Ganss)