Love is a garden, I was told. We have to keep working at it. When I see a beautiful garden like our San Francisco Arboretum, I am well aware of how much work it takes to make it what it is. A beautiful love takes work. Even messy love takes work to deal with the mess. Someone told me that they love AA. It is a Recovery Program for Alcoholics. They love it because they work at it. If I say I love the spiritual life, it is because I work at it. There are times when it seems so much work, bother, time-consuming, and it is those times that I must especially pay attention. Absence of feeling does not mean absence of love. It means get out of myself. Gardeners are not selfish people.
The homilies and musings of a Paulist Priest.
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From Stephanie Logan of Centennial, CO
I sincerely hope your mission thrives. The Church these days seems overly intent on preaching politics and battering its members with ultimatums and threats instead of focusing on the messages of love, forgiveness and daily sacrifice that convert followers from the inside out and are therefore more effective in the long run!
I sincerely hope your mission thrives. The Church these days seems overly intent on preaching politics and battering its members with ultimatums and threats instead of focusing on the messages of love, forgiveness and daily sacrifice that convert followers from the inside out and are therefore more effective in the long run!
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