tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post6531222141137989426..comments2023-07-05T08:17:21.505-04:00Comments on Getting to the Point: Where Life Gets Cold and HardFr. Denis Lemieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-12519164693796249922015-06-03T14:14:18.888-04:002015-06-03T14:14:18.888-04:00Dear Fr. Denis,
I think your reflections on the Li...Dear Fr. Denis,<br />I think your reflections on the Little Mandate are some of the best writing you have done. You are writing about the fullest charism of Madonna House and I guess when writing about something of that great an import, words will always fall short though they spur reflections in those who read them.<br />You said "We don’t set out to teach people how to love; on any given day we may feel pretty incompetent to do so!" I chuckled at that, quite a bit actually because it is true. However there is a greater truth here I think and you touch on it. One meets God and is transformed, changed radically, never to be the same. The 'incompetent' way you live is how that happens.<br />So it is not really incompetent at all. No - not at all. I did not learn how to love at MH - I encountered love and was consumed by it. I like to think of the Little Mandate as God's love letter to Catherine. And by God's great grace, to the community she founded.<br />Kindest regards - John Lynch.<br />John Lynchhttp://www.pilgrimreaderbooks.comnoreply@blogger.com