"...prayer seems to be a matter of waiting in love. Returning to love. Trusting that love is the deepest stream of reality."
Richard Rohr speaks so eloquently to the beauty of love.
This is from one of his devotions from today from his Center for Action and Contemplation.
"What do we mean by love? poses 19th Century founder of the Society of St. John the Evangelist at Coxley, Oxford, Richard Meux Benson:
"It is love whereby we exist not for ourselves but for others.
It is love whereby we rejoice in contemplating others' perfections as truly as if they were our own.
It is love whereby we acknowledge our obligations to others and seek to make return for them for all the good we have received.
The heart must confess that there is a sense of unity involving the moral obligation of love which binds us to the whole human race...
They are the totality out of which we have emerged, and we perish in the void if we seek to live as individuals for ourselves alone."
(quoted in Meditating on the Word, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, page 18, 19)
"Love is a fire of transformation"... so says Ilia Delia. The fire needs to be kept alive.
Let it burn and purify.
Let love do its work.
Love will change you.
On Valentines Day - when she lost her husband, Carolyn Moor, writes almost a quarter of a century later about love:
"Love is activated when we witness beauty and truth in the world."
Thank you for reminding us we need to look for beauty and discover truth and love will follow.
"Without love, the truth is not in us, no matter what we tell people."
Jared Byas, Love Matter More
Richard Rohr said:
"We are created out of love and we are made to energize the world in love."
What energy are you putting into the world?
It's a good question.
"You will never feel loved until you love yourself."
~Arnaud Desjardins
(quoted in Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships)
