Only Christ’s love can set us free from a mad pursuit that has no longer has room for a gratuitous love. Christ’s love can give a heart to our world and revive love whenever we think that the ability to love has been definitely lost.
The Church also needs that love, lest the love of Christ be replaced with outdated structures and concerns, excessive attachment to our own ideas and opinions, and fanaticism in any number of forms, which end up taking the place of the gratuitous love of God that liberates, enlivens, brings joy to the heart and builds communities.
--Pope Francis, Dilexit nos,
Paragraphs 218 & 219
Paragraphs 218 & 219
Image source: Pope Francis shares a meal with the poor and homeless of Rome, June 29, 2018, https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2018-06/pope-francis-dinner-poor-homeless-krajewski.html
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Only Christ’s love can set us free - Amen. And since He promised He would be with us until the end of the age, we know this love will always be there for us. I have to remember that I just need to be willing to want it and I continually get such reminders from the wonderful OLMC community members, thank you Fr. Pat for this one. John
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