Friday, May 10, 2019

"On the Sunday after the Resurrection, early in the morning, seven men were out fishing in a boat.  One of those men, Peter, three times had denied the Divine Master.  Three times he was asked if he loved, twice in a very sacrificial way, and the other in a human way.  When all three questions were answered in the affirmative, there came the command to feed lambs, sheep, and firstlings of the flock.  In other words, love is the condition of service.  We are knit to the Fountain of love by true affection, which is based upon the consciousness of our falls, our weaknesses, and also our reception of his forgiving mercy. Then we shall have the qualities that fit us in the impulse to serve and help our fellow human beings." Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Footprints in a Darkened Forest)

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