We do not lose heart ... Love surpasses knowledge

Morning: Psalms 30, 32; Deuteronomy 5:22-33; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:10

Evening: Psalm 104; Sirach 42:15-25; Ephesians 3:14-21

In youth, it is not unusual to have high hopes for all you will accomplish during the seemingly long life ahead. Then, in elder years, even if you have pursued a great calling, you may wonder whether you have accomplished anything at all. Thomas Aquinas, the great medieval theologian, not long before his death wrote: ‘Everything I have written is straw.’ St. Paul, though, is full of encouragement for every step on life’s path ... he says we can rely on a Love that surpasses our capacity to understand it, therefore we do not lose heart.