Saturday, August 15, 2020

Choosing whether or not to give yourself to love

Morning: Psalms 113, 115; 1 Samuel 2:1-10; John 2:1-12

Evening: Psalm 33; John 5:1-18

Today, I have a wedding, a joyful celebration in troubling times. Today also, the Church remembers Mary, mother of Jesus, through the story of the wedding at Cana. We celebrate Mary because she chose to give her life in faithfulness to God’s way of love; hers was a love born of courage - arising not from emotion but from an act of her will. Jesus was surely shaped by Mary’s choice. Today, I will ask the bride and groom, “Will you give yourself ... to love?” Doesn’t life always involve the choice whether or not to give yourself to love?

 

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