We’ve all heard tales of physical heroism. Heroism often consists in staying the course long enough, of hanging on when all seems hopeless.
Scripture teaches much the same thing about moral heroism. In the Second Letter to the Thessalonians, Paul ends a long, challenging admonition by stating: You must never grow weary of doing what is right.
This sounds so simple and yet it cuts to the heart of many of our moral struggles. We give up too soon, give in too soon, and don’t carry our solitude to its highest level. We simply don’t carry tension long enough.
--Fr. Ron Rolheiser OMI,
Facebook, June 13, 2022
Image source 1: The Prophet Jeremiah, sculpture, Saint-Pierre, Moissac, https://www.wga.hu/html_m/zgothic/1romanes/po-12c11/05f_1100.html
Image source 2: Waldemar Otto, Jeremiah, Notre Dame University, Indiana https://news.nd.edu/news/ottorsquos-ldquojeremiahrdquo-and-our-own/
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