Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “The light of faith illumines all our relationships and helps us to live them in union with the love of Christ, to live them like Christ.”
Tag: Love
Accepting Love and Help: Lessons from the Good Samaritan
In the Prayer of Saint Francis we ask that we may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love. It’s one of my favorite prayers. It is a prayer to be released from the chains of egotism and self-centeredness. But the… Read More Accepting Love and Help: Lessons from the Good Samaritan
Love and Loss
When tragedy strikes, as it did last week in Boston, many of us turn instinctively to hold and squeeze those closest to us. We feel sympathy and empathy for those afflicted by the loss of their dearest loved ones, and it reminds us to treasure those we love and to unabashedly express our affection. We… Read More Love and Loss
Frogger, John of the Cross, and Embodied Love
Once upon a time, boys and girls used to approach a video game console, turn it on, and practice manipulating a two-dimensional frog across a street in order to get their thrills. Today, the stakes have changed: we have only one life to start with, the screen is smaller, and what is on the screen… Read More Frogger, John of the Cross, and Embodied Love
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