Sick and Tired of Hearing About Love?
Hear why Fr. Philip N. Powell is sick of love: (If you prefer to listen, there’s also an audio link).
Love is always true. Never a lie. Love is always the glory of God. Never the glorification of man. Love always carries us to goodness. Never to evil. Love always binds us in obedience. Love never frees us to be disobedient. Love always heals, always cleans, sometimes hurts, sometimes casts out. Love never winks at sin, shrugs at injustice, or ignores the poor. Love always looks to Christ, his church, and his Mother.
For those of us who prefer syrup with our love don’t often like to hear, “when necessary, love will kick your butt, take your name, and call your mama!”
 Thanks Father.
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I loved it, loved it, loved it!
I’ve been longing to hear this type of explanation of what love is and what love is not for a long time!
Kris
Comment by kris — May 7, 2007 @ 9:03 am
Wow. That’s awesome.
A good reorientation for my thoughts this morning.
Thanks
Comment by Kathleen Lundquist — May 7, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
Thanks for the mention and the link! I had a great time preaching this homily last night…
Fr. Philip, OP
Comment by PNP, OP — May 7, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
I dig the sermon, thanks for posting it. What’s up with the crying Mary Icon? Is that damage to the icon or is it tears?
Thanks, -B
Comment by -B — May 7, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
B - if you mean the icon at the right of our Blog, is Our Lady of Czestochowa, also called the Black Madonna. The two “scars” you see were from an attempt to steal it. If you google on Our Lady of Czestochowa you can read more detail about the history and significance. We display her primarily because of our Marian devotion, our (o.k., my ) underlying theological approach emphasizes John Paul the Great’s thought and he of course had a particular devotion to Mary and the Black Madonna is Poland’s national Marian devotion.
Comment by David — May 7, 2007 @ 8:28 pm