A Celebration of Love
February 13, 2007 · by Christine
Please Note: I added some more Lenten Resources in the post below, please keep the ideas coming for books to read or practices to take on.

The ultimate Mystery of being, the ultimate Truth, is Love. This is the essential structure of reality. When Dante spoke of the ‘love which moves the sun and the other stars’, he was not using a metaphor, but was describing the nature of reality. There is in Being an infinite desire to give itself in love and this gift of Self in love is for ever answered by a return of love….and so the rhythm of the universe is created.
-Bede Griffiths, OSB

The day will come when after harnessing the ether, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
-Teilhard de Chardin

Messenger
My work is loving the world
Here the sunflowers
here the hummingbird
equal seekers of sweetness
Here the quickening yeast
there the blue plums
Here the clam
deep in the speckled sand
Are my boots old?
Is my coat torn?
Am I no younger young
and still not half perfect.
Let me keep my mind on
what matters
which is my work
which is mostly standing still
and learning to be astonished.
The phoebe, the delphinium
the sheep in the pasture
and the pasture
which is mostly rejoicing
since all the ingredients are here
which is gratitude
to begin in the mind
and a heart
and these body clothes
a mouth
with which to give shouts of joy
to the moth
and the wren
to the sleepy dug up clam.
telling them all
over and over
how it is that we live forever.
-Mary Oliver

Love as the structure of reality, love as the great force of the world waiting to be harnessed, love as my work in the world. . . really what more could I possibly say on the subject? (rhetorical, but feel free to add on in the comments if you wish!)
Happy Valentine’s Day dear friends and readers! -Christine
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February 13th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
To you too Christine! : )
February 14th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Happy Valentine’s Day! Thinking on your post about love I thought you should know that your writing always helps me love my Savior more. Thanks.
February 14th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Thanks Wendy and Shaula!
Shaula, what an incredibly kind and sweet thing to say. I am grateful!
Blessings and love, Christine
February 15th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
I enjoyed these quotes and poem you given to us and being reminded just how powerful Love really is.
I’m going to guess that you have carved this pretty heart of many colors in your post!!
Thank you so much for all you do.
Prayers and Hugs,
Bette
February 15th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Thanks Bette, why yes indeed I did.
Although I admit that I got the many colors from playing around with my Photoshop rather than actually doing multiple stamps in different colors.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I just got “Thirst” in the mail, and that is one of my new favorite poems. Tahnks for gifting it again…
J.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
J, I just love St. Mary!
Love, C