The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. –Psalm 145:17
It is I who made the earth
and created mankind upon it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;
I marshaled their starry hosts. –Isaiah 45:12
The deepest desire of our heart is for union with God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.-Brennan Manning
Ah, Lord God, you holy Lover of my soul, when you come into my soul, all that is within me shall rejoice. You are my Glory and the exultation of my heart; you are my Hope and Refuge in the day of my trouble. Set me free from all evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that, being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere. Nothing is sweeter than Love, nothing more courageous, nothing fuller nor better in heaven and earth; because Love is born of God, and cannot rest but in God, above all created things. Let me love you more than myself, nor love myself but for you. Amen.—Thomas a Kempis
A highway shall be there, And it shall be called the Holy Way….The redeemed shall walk there.And the ransomed of the lord shall returnAnd come to Zion with singing;Everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away–Isaiah 35:8-10
Speak then, Lord, for your servant listens, for you have the words of eternal life. Speak to me to comfort my soul and to change my whole life; in turn, may it give you praise and glory and honor, forever and ever. Amen. -Thomas a Kempis
In view of Christ’s coming in Bethlehem and his coming at the end of history, we should prepare our hearts and commit ourselves to help the poor.
Those who, in the Biblical phrase, would save their lives – that is, those who want to get along, who don’t want commitments, who don’t want to get into problems, who want to stay outside of a situation that demands the involvement of all of us – they will lose their lives. What a terrible thing, to have lived quite comfortably, with no suffering, not getting involved in problems, quite tranquil, quite settled, with good connections politically, economically, socially, lacking nothing, having everything. To what good? They will lose their lives. “But those, who for love of me, uproot themselves and accompany the people and go with the poor in their suffering and become incarnated and feel as their own the pain, the abuse – they will secure their lives, because my Father will reward them.”—Oscar Romero
Lord guide me in the path of righteousness. Teach me justice,give me a heart for the poor, save the children of the needy,and break the back of the oppressor. –adapted from Psalm 72:1-4
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