Friday, July 3, 2020

Love goes out of itself (Fr. Eunan McDonnell SDB)


  Meekness and humility of heart reveal a heart of love; they are indispensable qualities of love.  It is this humility and gentleness that point to the sacrificial aspect of love, because love goes out of itself towards the other.

--Fr. Eunan McDonnell, SDB, 
God Desires You:  
St. Francis de Sales

Image source:  No. 26 Scenes from the Life of Christ:  10.  Entry into Jerusalem (detail), fresco, Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua (1304-1306), https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/giotto/padova/3christ/chris101.html

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