What a day!

The choice to resign made by the Pope reveals the true-to-life implementation of the virtue of considering the greater good above personal desires.  We all can appreciate the humility involving acceptance of personal limitations in relation to the discharge of responsibilities.  What a great example the Pope has provided everyone to consider and emulate when our own time comes to make the choice.  Others are trying to understand the man and his action.  This is a good time to look up and be amazed remembering that there is always a bigger picture that we can see or are able to understand.

Today is a special day as we are focused on the celebration of love.  What a day to fall in love. What a day for relationships to bloom and even find the needed healing to become better persons as the wounds of anger, bitterness and selfishness find healing. What a day to grow more in love.

What a day to consider among those presenting themselves as senatorial candidates in trying to find a glimpse of how much they love our country in relation to their personal or family interests.  This becomes more interesting when they are proposing to serve in the Senate that is currently seething with anger and animosity.   What a turn around after the historic impeachment of a Chief Justice to the current controversy over money, power, principles, sanity and even sexuality.

What a day to also consider our candidates for our province and locality.  Today let us be guided by concrete manifestations of love for others above self and even take the risk for trying to grasp the potential for such choices from those we are still getting to know.  The coming days bring a series of tests on how mature we personally have grown in being able to love.  It would be interesting to note that one perspective we can have is that the capacity to love is related to our capacity to sacrifice or die to one self.  When we are able to peacefully understand that there are times it is better to be kind rather than be right. What a day it is indeed when we are able to truly love others more than our self. 

Let us end with an encouragement to find time to carefully digest the messages of faith and love with the following anecdote entitled “Bats in your Belfry”. Three Pastors in the south were having lunch in a diner. One of them said, "You know, since summer started I've been having trouble with them flying bats in my loft and attic at church. I've tried everything, but nothing seems to scare them off. Another pastor said "Yes, me too. I've got hundreds living in my belfry and in the narthex attic. I've even had the place fumigated, and they won't go away!" The third pastor said, "I baptized all mine, made them members of the church, and haven't seen one back since!"*