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)
Saturday blessings upon all your loves
today!
Daily Prayer:
Dear God,
I am so afraid to open my clenched
fists!
Who will I be when I have nothing left
to hold on to?
Who will I be when I stand before you
with empty hands?
Please help me to gradually open my
hands
and to discover that I am not what I
own,
but what you want to give me.” (Henri
J.M. Nouwen)
A Runner’s Thoughts: "It's
important to know that at the end of the day it's not the medals you remember.
What you remember is the process -- what you learn about yourself by
challenging yourself, the experiences you share with other people, the honesty
the training demands -- those are things nobody can take away from you whether
you finish twelfth or you're an Olympic Champion." (Silken Laumann,
Canadian Olympian)
Daily Blessings: Happy
Valentine's Day everyone! Our married couples retreat got off to a good start
last night. There are 45 couples on retreat. Please offer a prayer for them as
you go through you day that their day of retreat will be rich in God’s
presence. Also if you don’t mind saying an extra prayer could you offer one for
their preacher!
May all of you celebrate with your loved
ones today, especially the most important loved ones in your life! As for me I
will celebrate with the married couples and I will also remember 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! I also pray that God will bless us all in our endeavors today
and that life today and every day will be rich with the gift of God’s love, a gift
we will find in the world around us, in the people we meet and in ourselves.
Have a great Saturday and a great weekend everyone. Don’t forget to get God a
little time too! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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