"I strongly suspect that if we saw all the difference,even the tiniest of our prayers to God make, and all the people those little prayers were destined to effect, and all the consequences of those effects down through the centuries, we would be so paralyzed with awe at the power of prayer that we would be unable to get up off our knees for the rest of our lives."
-Peter Kreeft
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
holiness
"In order to be saints, you have to seriously want to be one. Saint Thomas Aquinas assures us that holiness 'is nothing else but a resolution made, the heroic act of a soul that surrenders to God.' And he adds: 'Spontaneously we love God, we run towards him, we get close to him, we possess him.' Our willingness is important because it changes us into the image of God and likens us to him! The decision to be holy is a very dear one. Renunciation, temptations, struggles and sacrifices are what surround the soul that has opted for holiness."
"Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God."
- Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
"Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God."
- Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Sunday, July 12, 2009
from Pope Benedict:
"Prayer knows no distance and separation: wherever we are, it makes us one heart and one mind."
Also... from an excellent book, talking about God's providence and how God gives us sufferings to ultimately reach true happiness...
"Teresa of Avila said that the most miserable earthly life, seen from the perspective of heaven, looks like one night in an inconvenient hotel."
"Prayer knows no distance and separation: wherever we are, it makes us one heart and one mind."
Also... from an excellent book, talking about God's providence and how God gives us sufferings to ultimately reach true happiness...
"Teresa of Avila said that the most miserable earthly life, seen from the perspective of heaven, looks like one night in an inconvenient hotel."
Monday, July 6, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Falling in Love
[inspired by a talk given by Fr. Steven Voss]
Falling in love.... We do whatever we can to get to know the other person. We arrange our schedules so that we can spend time with him or her. We yearn to be with that person. We may spend nearly every waking moment thinking about that certain someone. So why should it be ANY different with Jesus Christ, our Most Beloved? Look upon the Sacred Heart of Jesus - how His Love actively burns for us! How strong, how bright, how passionate it is! Oh, but how His heart must ache when we turn away from Him and reject His love with our sinfulness. But despite our sins, our shortcomings, and our flaws, He longs for us and loves us more than we could ever fathom. Take the time to fall in love with Him again and again this summer. Get to know him further through the Scriptures, spend time with Him in Eucharistic Adoration, accept His mercy and grace through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, yearn to be with Him at Mass, receive Him in the Blessed Sacrament, think about Him throughout the day through prayer and meditation, and simply offer up your daily trials and tribulations and unite them with His sufferings - as often as you can - because He falls in love with us even more, each and every time. Jesus is waiting for us.
"It is Jesus in fact that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is he who provokes you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is he who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is he who reads in your hearts your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle. It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be grounded down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal." - Pope John Paul II, World Youth Day 2000 in Rome
Falling in love.... We do whatever we can to get to know the other person. We arrange our schedules so that we can spend time with him or her. We yearn to be with that person. We may spend nearly every waking moment thinking about that certain someone. So why should it be ANY different with Jesus Christ, our Most Beloved? Look upon the Sacred Heart of Jesus - how His Love actively burns for us! How strong, how bright, how passionate it is! Oh, but how His heart must ache when we turn away from Him and reject His love with our sinfulness. But despite our sins, our shortcomings, and our flaws, He longs for us and loves us more than we could ever fathom. Take the time to fall in love with Him again and again this summer. Get to know him further through the Scriptures, spend time with Him in Eucharistic Adoration, accept His mercy and grace through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, yearn to be with Him at Mass, receive Him in the Blessed Sacrament, think about Him throughout the day through prayer and meditation, and simply offer up your daily trials and tribulations and unite them with His sufferings - as often as you can - because He falls in love with us even more, each and every time. Jesus is waiting for us.
"It is Jesus in fact that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is he who provokes you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is he who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is he who reads in your hearts your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle. It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be grounded down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal." - Pope John Paul II, World Youth Day 2000 in Rome
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Listening
I hope everyone is enjoying their Summer, I've enjoyed reading everyone's posts and experiences...
The following is a passage we read in Bible study from a book called The Religious Sense by Luigi Giussani
Let us say that Mark and I are walking along the city streets. Because Mark has raised a serious problem I am knocking myself out trying to explain things to him. He listens to me and I grow ever more impassioned and ever more lucid- or so it seems to me as I present my arguments. "So then, do you understand?" "Yes, yes up to this point I follow you." We have been walking along talking with our eyes fixed on the side walk. But he lifts his eyes to notice a pretty woman walking on the other side of the street. He continues to say "yes, yes", but in an increasingly mechanical manner as he fixes his eyes on the lovely figure and turns his head to watch her as she moves away. This continues until she disappears into the distance. Discontentedly he withdraws his gaze and turns back to me in the very instant I have concluded my argument. I say to him, "So then, Mark do you agree?" And he says "No, no I am not persuaded!"
This reply is not valid because he did not pay attention to my arguments. This is the offense that the majority of people commit when they face the problems of destiny, faith, religion, the Church and Christianity because, being "anxious and troubled with many other things", in these things their minds are "dead and buried". But then they claim to be able to pronounce a judgment, to have an opinion, partly because it is impossible not to have a viewpoint on these matters.
At first it seems this passage only correlates with people who disagree with the teachings of the Church but the more I think about it the more I feel this is something a lot of us do with our faith. I think it's easy to recognize if it's just an everyday conversation but if you imagine this to be a conversation with God it becomes more interesting. It's easy to think that we pay attention to what God is telling us without getting distracted. I think it's worth taking a moment to stop and think about whether we are really listening to what God is trying to tell us or if we are just saying, "yes, yes I get it", and then moving on to the next daily task. I realized lately that God is totally invested in talking to us and in explaining serious problems to us but we don't always hear him because of the abundant amount of distraction in our everyday lives. The best way I can suggest is just what Daniel has suggested, take ten minutes, at least, to just sit and pray in a quiet place and if you get distracted in prayer, here's a suggestion I found to help while praying.
"Imagine the consciousness during prayer to be like a section of a river. Thoughts and distractions are like little boats that come floating downstream. If we don't pay them any attention, they float by and are gone. If we put our attention into them, or worse, weigh them down with an emotional reaction, the little boat gets heavier and moves that much slower. The more attention and emotion we put into the little boat, the heavier it gets and the more sluggish it becomes in floating away."
The following is a passage we read in Bible study from a book called The Religious Sense by Luigi Giussani
Let us say that Mark and I are walking along the city streets. Because Mark has raised a serious problem I am knocking myself out trying to explain things to him. He listens to me and I grow ever more impassioned and ever more lucid- or so it seems to me as I present my arguments. "So then, do you understand?" "Yes, yes up to this point I follow you." We have been walking along talking with our eyes fixed on the side walk. But he lifts his eyes to notice a pretty woman walking on the other side of the street. He continues to say "yes, yes", but in an increasingly mechanical manner as he fixes his eyes on the lovely figure and turns his head to watch her as she moves away. This continues until she disappears into the distance. Discontentedly he withdraws his gaze and turns back to me in the very instant I have concluded my argument. I say to him, "So then, Mark do you agree?" And he says "No, no I am not persuaded!"
This reply is not valid because he did not pay attention to my arguments. This is the offense that the majority of people commit when they face the problems of destiny, faith, religion, the Church and Christianity because, being "anxious and troubled with many other things", in these things their minds are "dead and buried". But then they claim to be able to pronounce a judgment, to have an opinion, partly because it is impossible not to have a viewpoint on these matters.
At first it seems this passage only correlates with people who disagree with the teachings of the Church but the more I think about it the more I feel this is something a lot of us do with our faith. I think it's easy to recognize if it's just an everyday conversation but if you imagine this to be a conversation with God it becomes more interesting. It's easy to think that we pay attention to what God is telling us without getting distracted. I think it's worth taking a moment to stop and think about whether we are really listening to what God is trying to tell us or if we are just saying, "yes, yes I get it", and then moving on to the next daily task. I realized lately that God is totally invested in talking to us and in explaining serious problems to us but we don't always hear him because of the abundant amount of distraction in our everyday lives. The best way I can suggest is just what Daniel has suggested, take ten minutes, at least, to just sit and pray in a quiet place and if you get distracted in prayer, here's a suggestion I found to help while praying.
"Imagine the consciousness during prayer to be like a section of a river. Thoughts and distractions are like little boats that come floating downstream. If we don't pay them any attention, they float by and are gone. If we put our attention into them, or worse, weigh them down with an emotional reaction, the little boat gets heavier and moves that much slower. The more attention and emotion we put into the little boat, the heavier it gets and the more sluggish it becomes in floating away."
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
"God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission-I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next.
I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for nothing. I shall do good, I shall do His work.
Therefore I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am. I cannot be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me-still He knows what He is about."
-Cardinal Newman
I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for nothing. I shall do good, I shall do His work.
Therefore I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am. I cannot be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me-still He knows what He is about."
-Cardinal Newman
An experience to share
As I knew would eventually happen, I fell into the doldrums of summer. It is hard to keep the fervor of our faith during lackadaisical times, and so I took to reading the novel Left Behind, which I just finished this morning. This book is the first in a series written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins about the earth’s last days. (a very good read too!)
While reading, I kept thinking about my own spirituality. If God came today, would I be left behind? It is a scary thought, no doubt, but I did not want to dwell on faith out of fear. Instead, I began to examine my conscience and think of my selfishness, conceit, and vanity. I realized how easy it had been to live for God when everyone around me was doing the same, and yet now on my own came the true test. I prayed to God, apologizing for my distance lately, how I had let other things get in the way and used them as excuses to make myself feel better. I had to face the truth that I had become lazy in my faith, and was putting the blame on a busy schedule. I dealt with these thoughts for a few days, saying little prayers along the way, but it still felt selfish to pray for myself when all I was thinking about lately was myself… I could not think of what to do.
Last night before I went to bed, I picked up my bible and set it down on my pillow. I had grabbed it on the side opposite the binding, and as I set it down it opened to Psalm 51: Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon. I just stared at the page, completely overcome. God had put before me the prayer I had been searching for
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your merciful love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! …"
I encourage you to read it in full. My translation includes a footnote, “51: This psalm, known as the ‘Miserere’ is the one most used in the Liturgy of the Hours to express repentance for sin.” He is always there for us, wanting us desperately to be with Him! Praised be Jesus Christ!
While reading, I kept thinking about my own spirituality. If God came today, would I be left behind? It is a scary thought, no doubt, but I did not want to dwell on faith out of fear. Instead, I began to examine my conscience and think of my selfishness, conceit, and vanity. I realized how easy it had been to live for God when everyone around me was doing the same, and yet now on my own came the true test. I prayed to God, apologizing for my distance lately, how I had let other things get in the way and used them as excuses to make myself feel better. I had to face the truth that I had become lazy in my faith, and was putting the blame on a busy schedule. I dealt with these thoughts for a few days, saying little prayers along the way, but it still felt selfish to pray for myself when all I was thinking about lately was myself… I could not think of what to do.
Last night before I went to bed, I picked up my bible and set it down on my pillow. I had grabbed it on the side opposite the binding, and as I set it down it opened to Psalm 51: Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon. I just stared at the page, completely overcome. God had put before me the prayer I had been searching for
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your merciful love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! …"
I encourage you to read it in full. My translation includes a footnote, “51: This psalm, known as the ‘Miserere’ is the one most used in the Liturgy of the Hours to express repentance for sin.” He is always there for us, wanting us desperately to be with Him! Praised be Jesus Christ!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Three Rotten Fruits
This comes from a book I'm reading called Rediscovering Catholicism by Matthew Kelly.
"...[T]he prevailing philosophies at this time in the world are Individualism, Hedonism and Minimalism. Sadly, these philosophies have also worked their way into the lives of many Catholics, and as Catholics we have carried these philosophies like a disease into the Church. It is therefore not uncommon for modern Catholics to judge Mass on Sunday, the Church, and Catholicism by what they get out of it. This attitude is the fruit of Individualism. Similarly, most modern Catholics have abandoned almost every Catholic tradition that is not self-gratifying or requires any display of discipline. This attitude is the fruit of Hedonism. It is also very common for people to think, "I go to Church on Sunday, and I always say grace before meals. Isn't that enough?" This attitude is of course the fruit of Minimalism. Consciously or sub-consciously, we are often asking ourselves, "what is the least I can do and still be Catholic?" and "What is the least I can do and still go to Heaven?"
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
My first mass in Indiana
As some of you may know, I am currently in Bloomington Indiana doing a summer research program at Indiana University. I have been here since Sunday and have honestly struggled at times. Things are going well but I still do miss home, friends and family. I have been in a funk that I just can't quite shake off. Today I was able to attend mass at the Catholic church close to campus. As I was walking through the streets of Bloomington to the church I had the most strong desire to be with and receive Jesus. All I wanted to do was run to Him! I feel more than ever the saving and strengthening power of our Lord through the Eucharist. He is here to help us! He is here to guide us through all of our struggles and joys this summer! He is here, He is everywhere to pull us to mass, to pull us to Him through the Eucharist. To tug at us so much, to make us desire him so much. Desire to be with the Lord, go to mass and receive Him and let Him walk with you this summer and always!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Welcome Home Video
Greetings everyone. A friend from Spain had e-mailed me this video. I've seen it before but I get a luttle lump in my throat everytime I see the beauty of our family. Enjoy
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Answered Prayers
I have a story to share about something that happened to me at work last night and I figured that you were the best audience to share it with.
I have always loved dancing. I like to dance by myself, or, without a partner. I don’t feel very confident in my ‘partner dancing’ skills and I would prefer to do my own thing and not worry about someone else throwing off my groove. Recently I have had a strong urge to dance. I get these urges often, but for the first time, I’ve wanted to dance with someone else. I want to twirl around the dance floor in a guy’s arms. Over the past week or so, I’ve listened to my music while imagining myself dancing with a guy.
Tonight I was at work. I work at a country club as a banquet server. I was clearing tables while drunken rich people were dancing on the floor and I was in a very bitter mood for numerous reasons. One, these people have money and I don’t. Two, these people were drunk and having a good time while I was stuck at work. Three, the bartender was mean to me when I went to get drinks for the members. Four, my coworkers were busy flirting, leaving me all alone. I didn’t want to feel this way. I didn’t want to be bitter or jealous because I knew the Lord wouldn’t want that. So, I sent up a little pray asking for help, asking Him to take away my bitter feelings.
A few songs later I was clearing a glass from a table when a slow song came on and one of the members dragged me onto the dance floor.
I was dancing. It was a two-step. I was smiling, genuinely smiling for the first time that night. My prayers had been answered and my bitterness vanished as I learned to two-step on the dance floor.
I have always loved dancing. I like to dance by myself, or, without a partner. I don’t feel very confident in my ‘partner dancing’ skills and I would prefer to do my own thing and not worry about someone else throwing off my groove. Recently I have had a strong urge to dance. I get these urges often, but for the first time, I’ve wanted to dance with someone else. I want to twirl around the dance floor in a guy’s arms. Over the past week or so, I’ve listened to my music while imagining myself dancing with a guy.
Tonight I was at work. I work at a country club as a banquet server. I was clearing tables while drunken rich people were dancing on the floor and I was in a very bitter mood for numerous reasons. One, these people have money and I don’t. Two, these people were drunk and having a good time while I was stuck at work. Three, the bartender was mean to me when I went to get drinks for the members. Four, my coworkers were busy flirting, leaving me all alone. I didn’t want to feel this way. I didn’t want to be bitter or jealous because I knew the Lord wouldn’t want that. So, I sent up a little pray asking for help, asking Him to take away my bitter feelings.
A few songs later I was clearing a glass from a table when a slow song came on and one of the members dragged me onto the dance floor.
I was dancing. It was a two-step. I was smiling, genuinely smiling for the first time that night. My prayers had been answered and my bitterness vanished as I learned to two-step on the dance floor.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Four Things which Bring Much Peace
I think one of the hardest things to do is give up the 'created things' of this world in order to be closer to God because our society puts so much emphasis on material things and instant gratification. But, as I have discovered the hard way, these things ultimately don't make people happy. So when I found this passage in The Imitation of Christ, it really spoke to me:
"Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, that they may shine upon the earth; for I am as earth that is empty and void till Thou enlighten me.
Pour forth Thy grace from above, water my heart with the dew of Heaven; send down the waters of devotion to wash the face of this earth, to bring forth good and perfect fruit.
Lift up my mind, oppressed wtih the load of sins, and raise my whole desires towards heavenly things, that, having tasted the sweetness of the happiness above, I may have no pleasure in thinking of the things of the earth.
Draw me away and deliver me from all unstable comfort of creatures; for no created thing can fully quiet and satisfy my desires.
Join me to Thyself by an inseparable bond of love; for Thou alone canst satisfy the lover, and without Thee all other things are frivolous."
"Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, that they may shine upon the earth; for I am as earth that is empty and void till Thou enlighten me.
Pour forth Thy grace from above, water my heart with the dew of Heaven; send down the waters of devotion to wash the face of this earth, to bring forth good and perfect fruit.
Lift up my mind, oppressed wtih the load of sins, and raise my whole desires towards heavenly things, that, having tasted the sweetness of the happiness above, I may have no pleasure in thinking of the things of the earth.
Draw me away and deliver me from all unstable comfort of creatures; for no created thing can fully quiet and satisfy my desires.
Join me to Thyself by an inseparable bond of love; for Thou alone canst satisfy the lover, and without Thee all other things are frivolous."
Monday, May 25, 2009
On Remembering Our Profound Dignity As God's Children:
I often find it difficult to understand my dignity. Whether we have knowingly consented or not, we often accept that our value lies in our successes, gifts, virtues, and strengths; in the degree to which we are intelligent, productive, good, faithful, beautiful, and strong. While these things reflect the goodness the Lord has given us and often signifies the presence of the Lord's life within us, they do not dictate our worth. The truth is that in our mere existence is our dignity. We are made in the image of God, and Christ has reclaimed for us the inheritance being God's children. So I encourage you to meditate on the dignity in being God's son or daughter. Remember your profound and inalienable dignity - that the Lord made you, unique and unrepeatable. Never forget the greatness the Lord had in mind when He called you into existence.
“Know yourself, said the Church, that is to say, know your nobility and your dignity,
understand the greatness of your being and your vocation, of that vocation which
constitutes your being. Learn how to see in yourself the spirit, which is a reflection
of God, made for God. ‘Oh man, scorn not that which is admirable in you! You are
a poor thing in your own eyes, but I would teach you that in reality you are a great
thing!...Realize what you are! Consider your royal dignity! The heavens have not
been made in God’s image as you have, nor the moon, nor the sun, nor anything
to be seen in creation… Behold, of all that exists there is nothing that can contain
your greatness.”
Henri de Lubac
understand the greatness of your being and your vocation, of that vocation which
constitutes your being. Learn how to see in yourself the spirit, which is a reflection
of God, made for God. ‘Oh man, scorn not that which is admirable in you! You are
a poor thing in your own eyes, but I would teach you that in reality you are a great
thing!...Realize what you are! Consider your royal dignity! The heavens have not
been made in God’s image as you have, nor the moon, nor the sun, nor anything
to be seen in creation… Behold, of all that exists there is nothing that can contain
your greatness.”
Henri de Lubac
Saturday, May 23, 2009
"Follow Me"
From faith springs that obedience to God in his Church and the merit accruing to your souls, for which you can never be sufficiently thankful. This filial obedience to which the apostle exhorts us, "Let us serve, pleasing God with fear and reverence," our Redeemer himself has made the crowning proof of all his disciples; the sure bond of membership with his mystical body, the Church; the witness of union with him who is our head, our life, our salvation. For he has said - and are there any words of the Holy Writ more worthy of being written in letters of gold, or which should be more familiar to Christians? - "If you love me, keep my commandments. He that has my comandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me. And he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. If any man loves me, he will keep my words and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make an abode with him. He that loves me not, keeps not my words. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; as I also have kept my Father's commandments, and do remain in his love. You are my friends, if you do the things I command you" (Jn 14: 15-24; 15: 10-14).
Such was the language, such were the thoughts of Jesus Christ on that last evening, when as the God-Man turning once more to his heavenly Father with the words "that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father has given me commandment, so I do: arise, let me go hence." He bent his steps to the garden of Gethsemane, there to pour forth his prayers, his tears, his blood; and the next day to die on the cross of Calvary. Oh! How profitably may man draw near and with all the powers of his soul attend and learn obedience from an Incarnate God who for our example is obedient unto death, even death of the cross.
-Saint John Neumann
Such was the language, such were the thoughts of Jesus Christ on that last evening, when as the God-Man turning once more to his heavenly Father with the words "that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father has given me commandment, so I do: arise, let me go hence." He bent his steps to the garden of Gethsemane, there to pour forth his prayers, his tears, his blood; and the next day to die on the cross of Calvary. Oh! How profitably may man draw near and with all the powers of his soul attend and learn obedience from an Incarnate God who for our example is obedient unto death, even death of the cross.
-Saint John Neumann
Saturday, May 16, 2009
On love as excess
Hi all. Came a cross this passage in a book I was reading that takes a closer look into the question of what would Jesus do. The section is on love, which in my present understanding, sits at the very center of everything Christ does and means. Hope you enjoy and would love to hear your thoughts on it.
"The opposite of love is not hate- I would not have you hot or cold- but to be mean spirited, nit picking, parsimonious, never straying from inside the safe borders of an economy or a set of rules, never taking the risk of excess. The only measure of love is love without measure. Love is not measured by a rule, but rather love expends itself without return on behalf of the other. Love will stop at nothing, which is the excess that is ingredient in love." - John Caputo.
Yours,
Mitch
"The opposite of love is not hate- I would not have you hot or cold- but to be mean spirited, nit picking, parsimonious, never straying from inside the safe borders of an economy or a set of rules, never taking the risk of excess. The only measure of love is love without measure. Love is not measured by a rule, but rather love expends itself without return on behalf of the other. Love will stop at nothing, which is the excess that is ingredient in love." - John Caputo.
Yours,
Mitch
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