My proposal is that justice and love are a dialectic--like two sides of a coin that can be distinguished but not separated. We think of ourselves as composed of a body and soul, or flesh and spirit. When they are separated, we have a physical corpse. Similarly with distributive justice and communal love. Justice is the body of love, love the soul of justice. Justice is the flesh of love, love is the spirit of justice. When they are separated, we have a moral corpse. Justice without love is brutality. Love without justice is banality.
reflecting the holistic nature of Desert Spirituality - the justice of the prophets; the contemplative prayer of the Desert Fathers & Mothers; the love of Jesus's Commandments; and the care of our Creator's design and work.
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