By H.H. Pope Shenouda III 
 
 
 Can you love Him without feeling His presence?
 
 It is unreasonable. We do not love an unknown God,  for the apostle says, "… we have heard … we have seen with our eyes … we  have looked upon, and our hands have handled." (1 Jn 1: 1) And David  the Prophet says, "I have set the Lord always before me." (Ps 16: 8) If  those had seen him, we now see Him through faith.