Consequently, Works of Love (1847) grounds devotion in neighbor-love—patient, concrete, and repeatable. Love is a task, not a mood: visiting the sick, forgiving an offense, keeping a promise. Each act welds the self to a purpose beyond vanity, drawing the solitary individual into responsibility for another. In this way, meaning is not only forged within but forged between, as daily service clarifies who we are by whom we serve. Strikingly, these theological insights find resonance in modern accounts of meaning‑making. [...]
