Love is faith's flower, hope is its stem. Grace comes into us by faith, like water through the roots of a tree. It rises in us by hope, like sap rising through the trunk of a tree. And it matures in us by [love] as fruit matures on a tree's branches, fruit for the neighbor's eating.

The God Who Loves You: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (ed. Ignatius Press, 2009) - ISBN: 9781681494937