What is charity? It is being virtuous, to have the pure love of christ. It is unconditional love that never faileth, to give of self fully, to have empathy, to put yourself in others shoes and be forgiving, it is selfess. To truly have charity and give of self we first need to have charity for ourselves. We cannot truly give of ourselves if we cannot see ourselves the way the Lord would have us see eachother. Christ showed the most perfect love when he let others put nails in his feet and hands because he loved them. He is our perfect example of what it means to have pure and perfect love.