Daily Thoughts: Happy Valentine’s
Day everyone! A few thoughts about love…
“If you judge people, you have no time
to love them.” (Mother Teresa)
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's
indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The
opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is
not death, it's indifference.” (Elie Wiesel)
“To love at all is to be vulnerable.
Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to
make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal.
Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements.
Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that
casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken;
it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be
vulnerable.” (C.S. Lewis)
“The beginning of love is the will to
let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to
fit our own image.” (Thomas Merton)
“Let us not forget: we are a pilgrim
church, subject to misunderstanding, to persecution, but a church that walks
serene, because it bears the force of love.” (Archbishop Oscar A. Romero)
The measure of love is to love without
measure.” (St. Francis de Sales)
“Always tell of God's love. If
necessary, use words. ” (St. Francis of Assisi)
“Agape, the love of each one of us for
the other, from the closest to the furthest, is in fact the only way that Jesus
has given us to find the way of salvation and of the Beatitudes.” (Pope Francis)
“Love casts out fear.” (1 John 4:18)
“Time is
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too
Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is not.” (Henry van Dyke)
“For God so loved the world that he gave
his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have
eternal life.” (John 3:16)
“And now these three remain: faith, hope
and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13)
Blessings upon all your loves today!
Daily Prayer: Almighty and
ever-loving God, look with compassion on our humanness, on all our struggles
and weaknesses. Strengthen us for the journey ahead. Give us the wisdom to
follow your call. Enliven us with the grace to be repairers and restorers of
your love. Help us to be people of hope and to bring that hope to all we meet.
Amen!
Runner's Thought: As we run today
let us think of our breathing as inhaling God and exhaling extraneous thoughts,
ideas and struggles. Let us allow all those thoughts that are buzzing about in
our heads to move through our bodies and be expelled through our breath so that
God has more space to be within us!
Daily Blessings: Happy
Valentine's Day everyone!
And a special shout out to Sophie Ann
Stawick who came into the world yesterday. Blessings upon her, her brother, her
mom and dad!
May all of you celebrate with your loved
ones today, especially the most important loved ones in your life!
For me this is a day to remember all the
many people who have brought the gift of love into my life.
I offer a special prayer of blessing for
all of us today and I also remember those who have passed on who were such
important teachers of love in our lives. I truly hope and pray that all of us
will have a wonderful day gifted and blessed with many moments of love and many
people we love! Blessings today and always! Peace in Christ's Passion...Fr.
Paul
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