The word for the day is “sorrow.”  How far can love go?  What are its limits? St. Porphyrios wrote, “He who loves little, gives little.  He who loves more gives more, and he who loves beyond measure what has he to give? He gives himself” (Porphyrios 2005, 96). In our reading of Romans 9:1-5, Paul expresses the extent of his love for his fellow Jews.  He says, “I have great sorry and continual grief in my heart.  For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh” (OSB vs. 2-3).  Today we probe into this depth of love for others, and it inspires us also to seek to love to…