True love does not pay attention to the evil it suffers. It rejoices in doing good.
Interpretation
True love endures difficulties and focuses on acts of kindness.
This quote from Pope Francis highlights the essence of true love, suggesting that genuine affection does not dwell on the hardships it faces. Instead, it finds joy in performing good deeds and nurturing positive actions, emphasizing the selfless nature of love that prioritizes compassion over suffering.
In practice
This quote could be shared at a wedding to emphasize the strength of true love.
We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness and turn yourselves over to the love of God. Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way that is with love, joy and faith.
I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.
No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.
This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives.
Variación / Variations El remanso de aire bajo la rama del eco. El remanso del agua bajo fronda de luceros. El remanso de tu boca bajo espesura de besos. * The still waters of the air under the bough of the echo. The still waters of the water under a frond of stars. The still waters of your mouth under a thicket of kisses. Translated from the Spanish by Lysander Kemp
Find me now. Before someone else does.
Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.
Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
If Christ be anything he must be everything. O rest not till love and faith in Jesus be the master passions of your soul!
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