Today we focused on the virtue of charity and then the vow of chastity. Monsignor, quoting St. Augustine, said "You have loved me O God and So have made me lovable." In his characteristic Brooklyn accent he said, "we have no right to feel unlovable. We have been loved by God. We are a result of a thought of God." Knowing we are loved by God we are enabled to love others. Mission comes from this knowledge.
We are propelled to love others through the nuptial giving of ourselves to God through prayer. This prayer transforms us until every fiber becomes spiritual motherhood. Monsignor reminded us that St. Teresa of Avila, while speaking of the soul caught up in spiritual perfection in the 7th Mansion, teaches us that the action of this love finds its expression in love of neighbor. When there is nothing but God, the soul is moved to love of neighbor. Finally, we end this evening with a quote from our beloved Pope Francis, "We do not just open the doors of the Church, we walk through them in service to the poor."
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