The love to which Jesus points us is more than polite behavior or kind acts or nice words. It does not rely on positive feelings or warm thoughts. Nor does it depend on personal attraction. The love to which Jesus points us requires an openness, a receptivity, a posture of self-giving towards the other. On Maundy Thursday, Br. David Vryhof marvels at the new command Jesus gives us, and the example of radical and self-sacrificing love he sets us.