“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrong-doing but rejoices with the truth. . . Love never fails.”
There are always two things that are a given . . .
At the majority of funerals, On Eagles Wings is sung; and, at the majority of marriages, today’s second reading is proclaimed. I think we get so used to hearing things that at times their effectiveness wears off. We simply hear and do not respond.
I do not know about you but I for one am growing weary with the things I see and hear. It has come time that the virtue signaling and the rhetoric stops. If we are going to be serious about things which truly matter, then we need to do something. Just talking about things and hoping things were different is not going to change anything except lead us to despair.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.”
These words of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. remind us that love is the only thing that drives out hate, darkness, and violence. Yet, as a country, the majority of our rhetoric and actions lean toward hostility and violence. If you want to change that, simply begin by truly loving those in your life, even the ones who have wronged you. Instead of gossip, criticisms, and grudges ~ love one another. This is a start in the right direction.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Wayne