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Only the Wise love the Eucharist

"Eternal Wisdom, on the other hand, wished to prove His love for man by dying in His place in order to save him, but on the other hand, He could not bear the thought of leaving Him. So He devised a marvelous way of dying and living at the same time, and of abiding with man until the end of time. So, in order to fully satisfy His love, He instituted the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and went to the extent of changing and overturning nature itself. He does not conceal Himself under a sparkling diamond or some other precious stone, because He does not want to abide with man in an ostentatious manner. But He hides Himself under the appearance of a small piece of bread--man's ordinary nourishment--so that when received He might enter the heart of man and there take His delight. Ardenter amantium hoc est-Those who love ardently act in this way. 'O Eternal Wisdom,' says the saint, 'O God who is truly lavish with Himself in His desire to be with man.' ...
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Fear the Lord, and you will find Life.

1 John 4:7-8   Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.  Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.   Whoever does not love does not know God. Powerful words. Frightful words. It is hard to love, for to love opens up our hearts to suffering, to pain, even to death. There is the joy and peace which makes it all worth it, but the Cross of Selfless Love we must all bear and share is just that, a torture device through which we find life and salvation instead of death. It is our hope and our burden. These words alone, however, could be explained away. I've heard it many times. 'We do love others, so therefore we love God.' 'I try to love, doesn't that count for something?' 'I'm a nice person, isn't that the same thing?' 'How can you love scum like rapists and murderers? That's not what God is talking about.' These are a twisting of the purity of the Gos...
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Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged

Everyone has heard this. And everyone loves to quote it. We shouldn't judge one another. Are you without sin? Then who are you to judge my life, or my actions? And while they are right to an extent, we are not their Judge, we are called to discern. This is then our modern heresy of pseudo-love called Tolerance, the pinnacle of virtue in our culture today. Tolerance says that so long as an action, or way of life does not bring immediate harm to you, or to society, then we must not just accept it, but also support it. Love, however, lives by a higher calling. Love proclaims the Truth. Tolerance seeks to hide from the Truth behind feelings, and safe-spaces, relativism. And so I propose a way to live. Discern everything! Test everything! A judge is someone who discovers an evil deed, then proclaims a guilty verdict, and doles out a just sentence. We are only called to see evil and proclaim evil for what it is, evil. It is up to God to deem someone guilty or not, and how they will pay f...
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