Love Our Brothers And Sisters : what about the hateful ones?
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining. Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gifts each of you has received. 1Peter 4.8–10
trustworthy
respectful
sincere
accountable
fair
it is easy to love
sister brother neighbor politician
typifying these traits
what of
lying
unkind
corrupt
unaccountable
sister brother neighbor politician?
with what kind of love
do i love
such ones?
love
depending on nothing
demanding nothing
determined to persist
source and substance of God
making me
making God
loving
lying
unkind
corrupt
unaccountable
sister brother neighbor politician
unconcerned with me
… my judgments
… my emotions
makes me
trustworthy
respectful
sincere
accountable
fair
easy to love
Words through Debra Asis, by the grace of Infinite Generativity
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The Biblical quote is found in today’s selection in An Ignatian Book of Days by Jim Manney is a series of daily reflections from the Spiritual Wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Throughout the book we hear the voices of St. Ignatius as well as many great thinkers and writers, long gone and present day, each uniquely revealing the way of finding God in all things. And that is my intention; to find God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality in whatever presents itself to me each day in 2024.
Each day I read, reflect and write on the selection, hoping to articulate the ways in which I come to know God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality via personal experience, impelled by the leading of my inner life.
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