Strengthen our faith so that
we may grow in love for each other.
A few evenings ago in the TV Program Agenda, I listened to an atheist of Jewish background expanding on his beliefs. He was a warm attractive man and did not at all repel me as many such thinkers do. He had some very scholarly, even complimentary things to say about religious influence on the world.
But there was something missing. First of all, he did not mention any great religious leaders so of course not the name of Jesus. Supremely, he never mentioned love. Neither did he say anything about creation or the power behind our great universe. He did not even use the word God. In fact, he left us in complete limbo with
nothing to hang onto from above and no roots below. He ignored love and the fact that love is a power. Are we too glib when we talk about love? It is a power which can move us to great acts of bravery. It can give us the power of continuous endurance and the power of ever developing creativity.
Love involves relationship. Our God is a personal God who relates to each one of us; who cares for each one of us; who died for each one of us. I pray that each one of us can reach out and continue to grow closer to him and each other ever developing a strong loving relationship through the sacrificial gift of his son Jesus. Above all, let us continuously welcome the gift of the Holy Spirit that we may reach out to each other and may we be open to receive their love as they reach out to us.
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